Glossary

Circular seam coating

Cartridges of the same calibre can have bullets of the same construction but with different weights.
RWS makes it easy for you to recognize the correct bullet: Cartridges with heavy bullets have a circular seam coating – a red respectively green marking of the primer cup.

Within one calibre the following applies:
Bullet with lowest weight: no circular seam coating
bullet with medium weight: green circular seam coating
bullet with heaviest weight: red circular seam coating

The calibres 8 x 57 J(R) and 8 x 57 J(R)S are an exception. Here the black circular seam coating indicates the larger bullet diameter of the “S” cartridges.