Old 30-06 Designation?

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In sorting through a batch of mixed 30-06 brass I bought a while ago, I came across the cartridge designation "30-G-1906", on a number of different manufacturer's headstamps. It was a new one on me and I am curious about it. How old is this designation for 30-06 and when did it stop being commonly used?


Mark
 
First off, check the neck length. .30-06 is of course 63.3mm. If that's the case length, then it's probably quite early commercial brass.

If the case length is 65mm on the other hand, you probably have something even rarer, the .30-03, which was the original round for the Springfield rifle. That was changed three years after it was introduced to the -06, which had a lighter spitzer bullet and the shorter neck.

The -03 had a 220gr round-nose bullet.

Pix would help, of course.
 
Ask and ye shall receive. Case lengths are 2.485" - 2.500", so all correct for 30-06 with a few on the long side of spec.

A crappy cell phone pic of a random selection of headstamps from the batch:
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It was an interesting batch of brass to go through.


Mark
 
I think you have some fairly old brass there, a very interesting assortment for sure.
You should be able to find out anything you want to know by google searching -there's lots of info out there. Have a look at these two sites, lots of info to start.
The D.C.Co. headstamp is particularly interesting since it's Canadian.

cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes

cartridge-corner.com/dcco.htm
 
bb07 said:
I think you have some fairly old brass there, a very interesting assortment for sure.
You should be able to find out anything you want to know by google searching -there's lots of info out there. Have a look at these two sites, lots of info to start.
The D.C.Co. headstamp is particularly interesting since it's Canadian.

cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes

cartridge-corner.com/dcco.htm
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There was also Dominion and Imperial in there, but they didn't have the 30-G-1906 nomenclature. I bought it as a bag of mixed once fired brass and it does look to be such, but they must have been sitting in someone's stash for many years before making it to my bench.


Mark
 
Dominion, Imperial and Western Cartridge Co. are all no longer in business. The brass used in all of them is excellent.

As far as the nomenclature on the bases go, depending on who made the brass, especially offshore outfits, the 30G-1906 wasn't uncommon.

I still see some of those Western cartridges in their original loadings, in original boxes that look like new at gun shows. It isn't rare but is getting hard to come by.

Jack O'conner used to sing the praises of the quality of Western Cartridge Co brass and components as well as their consistency for that time.

I came across about a hundred of those cases that were once fired recently and it was still very malleable and reloaded very nicely.

Go ahead and shoot it. It's worth about the same as any fired cases.
 
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