.30-06 ammo headstamped 60A 30 56
I have some .30-06 ammunition that is headstamped 60A 30 56. From research on the internet, I understand that it was made in Taiwan in 1956. Is it corrosively primed? A blogger from 2007 said that the primer pockets are larger than a normal large rifle primer and that the cases are therefore non-reloadable. Is this true? Thanks for any help.
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Hi,
These rounds were loaded by the Taiwan Government Arsenal (60A) at Kao Hsiung, Taiwan.
Taiwan loaded military cartridges in 30-06 and 45 ACP cartridges under this head stamp. The known head stamps are both 2 and 3 element. The ammunition was made on machinery purchased from CIL, Canada.
As for the date, it isn't that simple. Nationalist China didn't use a date code like the US. The Defense Intelligence Agency lists the 3 element head stamp 60A 30 46 and the 2 element head stamp 60A 46 both with a manufacture date of 1957. It is possible, the date of manufacture is 1956, but not guaranteed.
Whether they are corrosive or not is anyone's guess, unless someone has actual experience with this lot of ammunition.
Why don't you disassemble one and measure the primer and compare it to a standard large rifle primer?
Hope this helps.
Heavyiron0 -
its boxer primed and non corrosive. it is reloadable with large primers, but you have to chamfer the opening.
there is some 308 ammo available from the east that is burden primed. not reloadable, as far as i know.
tom0 -
That ammo should be non corrosive. The KA stamped ammo (also Tiawan I think) is corrosive.
Edit: KA and PS ammo (Korean) are what I was thinking of, but still worth mentioning.
I also dug out some ammo of the headstamp you mentioned and the pocket does seem a TAD bigger- a primer slips in like it would into a case that's been loaded too many times, just a HAIR loose.0
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