Chrome or Nickel 22LR maker?

vinver

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Picked up a few odd boxes of 22LR at a gun show over the weekend, some of them were ex- DND and Property of Canadian Government marked.
One box was half and half common brass cartridge with a D on the bottom, but the rest (about 20 rounds ) were chrome or nickel cases- with an "R" inside a police-style shield on the bottom.
Look to be high quality, fired 2 of them off and worked well, had a look inside the empty and it was spotless. And I mean super clean, no visible residue. A function of the chrome cases or the propellant?
Anybody care to ID these rounds? I can post pics later. Curious who made them and specs on them.
Vince
 
RWS, from Germany, use an R in a shield as a headstamp. Not sure if anyone else has/does. Could be some premium match ammo maybe? I've never seen RWS with nickel cases and I have a half dozen of their current offerings. Maybe older ammo that they no longer make?

The clean inside of the case would be from a very clean burning propellant. The nickel case wouldn't have anything to do with it.

Current RWS headstamp:
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Yes, that's the stamp mark. And they are only lead bullets, not silver so not werewolf ammo (would a 22 even take down a werewolf? :) ) but they are clearly nice and shiny so must be worth a lot of money too! ;)
 
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