headstamp?

[Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804]

I was given a bag of 38 spec. brass. when sorting I ran across some with a unusual headstamp.

1 side has 38SPL and across from there something that looks like arabic writing. 

Any ideas who makes them?

[Eliphalet R. Moderator]

3 minutes ago, Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804 said:

I was given a bag of 38 spec. brass. when sorting I ran across some with a unusual headstamp.

1 side has 38SPL and across from there something that looks like arabic writing. 

Any ideas who makes them?

 

Could be older Turkish Contract S&W like this .44 Special  

 

[Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804]

very similar marking. I would post a picture, but i honestly don't know how.

[July Smith]

This wouldn't happen to be Browning brand ammo?  They put their Buck symbol on the headstamp and if you are looking at it sideways or upside-down it can look a little like a foreign language.   

[Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804]

not the browning trademark.

I went to my reloading bench to get 1 to be sure.

[twelve mile REB]

Israeli armed forces had some S&W Military and Police and loaded for them in the 70's and 80's.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Useless thread with no photo.

[Noah Mercy, SASS #29066]

13 hours ago, twelve mile REB said:

Israeli armed forces had some S&W Military and Police and loaded for them in the 70's and 80's.

 

That's what I was thinking, too.  

 

[Doc Moses]

That is the Hebrew letter 'tav' on the right and a 'tzade' on the left. Must be Israeli.