SBoomer wrote on Mar 3
rd, 2014 at 1:24pm:
Same guy had an unopened box of old(green & red box)Rem 38-55's. I made an offer and almost cried when he tore off the end of the carton to open it.
I've had guys do the same thing before I could stop them! I don't know why they tear them open, when a sealed box indicates everything inside is as it left the factory. I've also nearly had people open boxes of ammo or bullets I had displayed with guns at our collector show, even with "Do not Touch" signs all over!
Here's a few of the old boxed bullets I've accumulated. Bottom is the JM Marlin paper patched 255 gr. .38 cal. Right above it is a box of Winchester 165 grain bullets marked for Marlin .32 To the left of that are some very strange Rem-UMC bullets in .30 cal-160 gr. that are marked "metal cased bullets", but the metal is bright and silvery like the color of lead! To the far right are Rem-UMC .38 S&W "sharp shoulder" bullets of 120 gr. They've never been opened, and I've always wondered what "sharp shoulder" bullets look like?
There's some more Win .30 caliber, and a box of .348 150 gr. bullets that say "soft point" but unopened. I have a box of those Sisk bullets also in .224 41 gr. marked "Super Lovell".
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) I accumulate old primers also, and have a variety of old boxed primers too. One old box says "US Navy Gilding Primers" and is unopened, and I've wondered what the terminology means? Have a old box of Win. #4 primers that say they are "Marked W" on the primer. Fortunately that box is open, and indeed the primers have a "W" on them, and are divided by wood in each row!
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