Help identifying 30-06 rounds

[Magyars]

Picked these up at a rummage sale. Are they tracers?
Any help identifying them would be greatly appreciated.
Headstamp
TE
1
C
57

 

[2in1evtime]

It is french brass, looks like nickel cupro bullets, to be tracers they should have a red-orange tip marking but since they have in on primer it could be unless that is a sealant? that is all i know

 

[Hkindiana]

Just corrosive French ball ammo, not tracers

 

[Bookmark]

Here is a list I ran across a while back. It doesn't have everything on it but it usually get me started in the right direction

Headstamp List

 

[Magyars]

Here is a list I ran across a while back. It doesn't have everything on it but it usually get me started in the right direction

Headstamp List

Very helpful, thanks

Just corrosive French ball ammo, not tracers

I was told that US military ammo after 52 was non corrosive....is that not true for French ammo?
IOW, do you know for a fact that it is corrosive?

 

[boman]

Very helpful, thanks



I was told that US military ammo after 52 was non corrosive....is that not true for French ammo?
IOW, do you know for a fact that it is corrosive?

It is definetly corrosive and probably has bad primers. I pulled a lot of that stuff down for the bullets 30 years ago.

 

[Hkindiana]

Yes, it is corrosive. Non corrosive US 30-06 first appeared in 1949 (zink primers), and some lots were corrosive up until 1955. If the primer is FLAT on US 30-06, then it is non-corrosive. Corrosive US 30-06 primers are slightly dome shaped.

 

[DadSmith]

Very helpful, thanks



I was told that US military ammo after 52 was non corrosive....is that not true for French ammo?
IOW, do you know for a fact that it is corrosive?

I wouldn't run French ammunition in your rifle.
The rifle might run away while holding up a white flag of surrender.