|
|
 |
10-07-2020, 07:08 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Tall Timber of N.W.Orygun
Posts: 873
Likes: 44
Liked 1,711 Times in 465 Posts
|
|
How Old Is This
Anyone know how old this might be? ANy other info you would like to share.
__________________
"Tastes just like chicken"
|
10-07-2020, 07:34 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 368
Likes: 459
Liked 882 Times in 185 Posts
|
|
Offhand, I'd guess WWII or later.
|
10-07-2020, 07:36 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: South Texas & San Antonio
Posts: 33,606
Likes: 240
Liked 29,113 Times in 14,076 Posts
|
|
Probably July 29, 1969 by the date code on the flap.
|
|
The Following 6 Users Like Post:
|
|
10-08-2020, 02:01 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Tall Timber of N.W.Orygun
Posts: 873
Likes: 44
Liked 1,711 Times in 465 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWalt
Probably July 29, 1969 by the date code on the flap.
|
Could you share the info on code breaking?
__________________
"Tastes just like chicken"
|
10-08-2020, 02:26 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: South Texas & San Antonio
Posts: 33,606
Likes: 240
Liked 29,113 Times in 14,076 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajgunner
Could you share the info on code breaking?
|
It's sort of complicated, but I have it. The leading letter determines the year and whether it is the first half or the second half of that year. The other letter designates the month. The number is the day of the month. The year letters cycle every 11 years. Winchester's date code is similar but not identical. Sometimes the date code uses other numbers to indicate the loading line.
|
|
The Following 5 Users Like Post:
|
|
10-08-2020, 02:41 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: (outside) Charleston, SC
Posts: 30,986
Likes: 41,646
Liked 29,239 Times in 13,823 Posts
|
|
WTG
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWalt
It's sort of complicated, but I have it. The leading letter determines the year and whether it is the first half or the second half of that year. The other letter designates the month. The number is the day of the month. The year letters cycle every 11 years. Winchester's date code is similar but not identical. Sometimes the date code uses other numbers to indicate the loading line.
|
Way to go, Sherlock! 
__________________
"He was kinda funny lookin'"
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
10-08-2020, 07:52 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: S.W. Fl.
Posts: 1,578
Likes: 678
Liked 1,160 Times in 448 Posts
|
|
The brass should have a two digit number on it.
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
10-08-2020, 09:12 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 6,874
Likes: 7,481
Liked 8,133 Times in 3,678 Posts
|
|
Show us a head stamp , usually military ammo has the letters indicating where manufactured and two numbers indicating the year of production .
Could be RA - 69 or something like that .
Gary
__________________
Certified Cajun
NRA Member
|
10-08-2020, 12:10 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Tall Timber of N.W.Orygun
Posts: 873
Likes: 44
Liked 1,711 Times in 465 Posts
|
|
Head stamp is R A 69.
__________________
"Tastes just like chicken"
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
10-08-2020, 12:20 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Arizona
Posts: 373
Likes: 48
Liked 567 Times in 220 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajgunner
Head stamp is R A 69.
|
Don't need a magic decoder ring to figure that one out.
|
10-08-2020, 11:40 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Avery,Tx
Posts: 2,561
Likes: 3,812
Liked 1,863 Times in 938 Posts
|
|
Bingo
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajgunner
Head stamp is R A 69.
|
That is the year of manufacture...........
__________________
dd884
JMHO-YMMV
|
10-09-2020, 12:31 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,000
Likes: 259
Liked 636 Times in 317 Posts
|
|
Since no one answered your question yet, it is 51 years old. 
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
10-09-2020, 02:10 AM
|
 |
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Mount Carmel, TN USA
Posts: 3,171
Likes: 1,626
Liked 3,178 Times in 933 Posts
|
|
I have several boxes.
Good shooting stuff!
__________________
Chris
SWCA #2243 SWHF #292
|
10-12-2020, 11:28 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Cypress Texas
Posts: 323
Likes: 1,218
Liked 658 Times in 186 Posts
|
|
Summer of 69
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWalt
Probably July 29, 1969 by the date code on the flap.
|
Maybe these were one of the things a 10 year old (in 1969) Bryan Adams liked about the year, enough to make it a song?
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
