I purchased a lifetime accumulation of ammunition from an estate and a few of these boxes of Remington .45 Automatic were part of the deal. You’ll notice the back is stamped “05 FEB 1941, LOT 47” and the box is marked, “... adapted to Colt Automatics and Thompson Sub-Machine guns.”









I’ve never seen this particular box before and was having a hard time identifying it. It’s not typical military packaging and Lend Lease wasn’t passed into law until March 11th 1941. The NFA was passed in the mid-1930’s, so I found it odd that the box mentioned the Tommy gun. At first I thought this might be LE ammo, possibly for the FBI. I finally stumbled across a British War Relics Forum that answered my questions.

When Britain was first attacked, the British Purchasing Commission began buying commercial ammunition from US manufacturers. Remington received the first contract for .45 ACP ammo in February of 1941. The contract was for 3 million rounds at a cost of $24.50 per thousand. My boxes were part of that first contract run and were packed 50 rounds per box (standard for the USA). Later boxes were made to hold 42 rounds, so the boxes would nest better in standard British shipping crates.

I have no idea how many of these boxes survived in the US or if they have collector value, but I had fun doing the research and thought I’d share the information.

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I have seen a few such boxes over the years, but not recently. No doubt they have significant collector value. Go to the International Ammunition Association (IAA) website and ask on the forum there. That is where the experts hang out.

Very nice prize there my friend!!!

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I would put those in a very safe place and treat them like..................
GOLD.

Way to go.

Cartridge and full box collectors would pay a premium for rare and unusual ammo boxes but don't expect to hit the lottery.

With the effectiveness of the Nazi submarine campaign early in the war, I often wonder how many millions of rounds of ammo lies at the bottom of the ocean?

I started there, but didn’t find anything on this box. I found what I wanted to know elsewhere, so I didn’t post in their forum. I prefer to share info here.

https://cartridgecollectors.org/docu...-Box-Dates.pdf

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Thanks for posting the pictures and information on these. I find this type of information very interesting and enjoy learning these tidbits.

Nice catch for sure. That is one 45 ACP box I have never seen before.
Stored in very good condition.

Cool stuff for us ammo collector geeks.

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Very nice find. Thanks for sharing that with us. Any other trophies in what you received?

Here, you need this to go with it. lol

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