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Hi all. need some help id this headstamp. I think that´s from Lugansk factory, but what about the rest?
thanks

Unknown to me, where did you come across this?

Lugansk factory (Cyrillic L). Whats weird about it is how the headstamp is setup because I've never seen a Lugansk headstamp like this. I wanted to say the year Lugansk always did it at 12 o'clock but after 1899 they used a 3 digit number, so this isnt (19)06 or else it would say 906. This looks similiar to how my .43 Russian Berdan headstamp is but I'll have to take a look at it later. Do you know the OAL length of this? This doesn't look like a typical pre-1908 7.62x54r round. The headstamp reads to me as 1890 which is odd..

It was given to a friend collector by a Spanish collector. But what is strange in headstamp , is the year .
The Lugansk plant was constructed in 1894 and began full production in 1895, then the 1890 does not fit in this period.
So what´s the meaning of the “90”??? or it´s “06”????
It's round nosed bullet , and the pointed " spitzer " bullet known to the "L" for light , was adopted in 1908. So I think that the year is 1906, but it is also strange because in 1900's was adopted the 3 digits number to identify the year.
I do not have the OAL lenght , but you can see the measurements on graph marking paper.
I can not find any information on the net or in books and I really need to identify this ammunition.
cheers

Any help ???
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This might help some. http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmoID01.htm#Lugansk Scroll about 1/4 of the way down and you will see your headstamp and information.

thanks for the answer longcolt, but i can´t find the headstamp in the link you have sent me.
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I saw the bullet type but the headstamp is from 1908. Google Lugansk ammunition and see what comes up.

searched in google but no similar headstamp or info about this headstamp........weird!!!!!
i thank you all for the help