US Military 30.06 makers????

[abunaitoo]

I have a load of 30.06 cases.
I was thinking of making a display of all the different head stamps.
I found a chart that shows US ammo head stamps, but it doesn't tell me who made 30.06 only.
Looking for all the US military makers of 30.06.
Anyone know?????

[Wayne Smith]

Are you looking for a manufacturer of 30-06 ammo only? My guess is if they loaded 30-06 they loaded other cartridges as well.

[Gator 45/70]

Isn't there a web site out there dedicated to head-stamps ?

Pretty neat ideal btw !

[JoeG52]

Is this what you're looking for?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_headstamps

[Stewbaby]

Older reference

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210608/f2c1e5800d70281ed36f72e51db54532.jpg

[samari46]

Stewbaby, has posted the listing of Military Ammunition makers, most of which did make 30-06 and other caliber U.S. Military ammo. Frank

[abunaitoo]

This is the list I made up from the web and a friend.
AO or KS - Allegheny Ordnance Plant (Kelly Springfield)
Cumberland, Maryland
A division of Goodyear Rubber
(1943-1945)

CB -Curtis Bay Ordnance Depot
Baltimore, Maryland
(1917-1957)

DEN - Denver Ordnance Plant
A division of Remington Arms
Denver, Colorado
(1941-1945)

DM - Des Moines Ordnance Plant
A division of US Rubber Co
Des Moines, Iowa
(January 1942 to July 1945)

EC - Evansville Ordnance Plant (Chrysler)
A division of Chrysler-Plymouth.
Evansville, Indiana
(June 1942 to April 1944)

ECS -Evansville Ordnance Plant (Chrysler-Sunbeam)
A division of Sunbeam Refrigerator Co
Evansville, Indiana
(1942-1944)

EW -Eau Claire Ordnance Plant
A division of US Rubber Co
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
(August 1942 to December 1943)

F and HP - Federal Cartridge Co,
Anoka, Minnesota
.22 ammo only

FA - Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia, Pennsyvania
( to 1977)

HAW -Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot
Hawthorne, Nevada
(1926-1977)

HW - Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant
Hawthorne Nevada
(1977-1992)

KOP -Kingsbury Ordnance Plant
Kingsbury, Indiana
(1941-1945; 1950-1959)

LC - Lake City Ordnance Plant
Independence, Missouri
(1940–present)

LM -Lowell Ordnance Plant
Lowell, Massachusetts
(1942-1943)

LOD -Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
(1942-Present)
LOP -Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant
Webster Parish, Louisiana
(1942–1996)

LS -Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
Texarkana, Texas
(1941-2009)

M -Milwaukee Ordnance Plant
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(August 1942 to December 1943)

P, PC, PCC -Kings Mills Ordnance Plant
(Peters Cartridge Company)
Owned by Remington Arms
Kings Mills, Ohio
(1942-1944)

PBA -Pine Bluff Arsenal
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
(1941–Present)

RA - Remington Arms

RAH - Remington Arms
Hoboken, NJ


RAS - Remington Arms
Swanton, VT

ROP -Redstone Ordnance Plant
Huntsville, Alabama
(1941-1949)

SL -St. Louis Ordnance Plant
St.Louis, Missouri
(November 1941 to June 1945)

TW -Twin Cities Ordnance Plant
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(1942-1945; 1950-1957; 1965-1976; 2002-2005)

U or UT -Utah Ordnance Plant
A division of Remington Arms.
Salt Lake City, Utah
(March 1942 to December 1943)

W and WCC - Western Cartridge Co.
East Alton, Illiois

WRA - Winchester Arms

Still looking for something that would tell who made what.

[curdog]

My Mom worked at the St. Louis plant from Jan of 1943 till 1945. She said that she worked on the line for the belt fed 30 cal machine gun ammo. Mom and Dad were married in Aug of 1942 and Dad shipped out for North Africa and then to Italy. They didnt see each other again until after the war ended in 1945......................Curdog

[higgins]

I have read in the past from some reliable source (not on the internet) that some plants were set up to load only cal. 50 MG ammo; I don't recall other single-cartridge ammo plants, but they probably existed.

[GONRA]

GONRA sez over the decades - .30-06 has been Veery Popular in Cartridge Collector circles...
Search for BOOKS on subject .... Warm up yer wallet too!

[popper]

some plants were set up to load only cal. 50 MG ammo I've heard that also but probably for aircraft ammo (tracers and incidiary/explosive ammo). 50 did pretty good in 'dog-fights' and on light armor stuff. It wasn't fast enough for supersonic A/C though. F86 had a problem outrunning it as did a few others in strafing runs. Same reason for 5/38, 3" just didn't have enough energy to knock down A/C.