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Old .44 Special Ammunition box...........
anyone have an idea of the apx. age?
I have never seen this style before.
Any info or good guesses appreciated.
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05-05-2013, 07:10 PM
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Research on line, there are several sites that are into this subject. I have an old Winchester .22 Winchester box and found some info on one site.
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05-05-2013, 08:11 PM
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It's a ca. 1932 box, a fact revealed by the "Non-Mercuric" call-out. The label is earlier but the overstamping reveals it was early enough in the non-mercuric era to be before Winch used up pre non-mercuric labels and had new specific non-mercuric labels printed in that caliber.
Just like S&W, Winch never discarded anything obsolete.
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05-05-2013, 11:12 PM
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Along the same line I have several boxs of these old peters .44 specials. They are the old ballon head cases. Any idea of age and value?
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05-05-2013, 11:20 PM
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Definitely pre-1930, probably 1920s.
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05-06-2013, 10:31 AM
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It appears to be a box of 50 primed cases, not loaded ammunition. In the photo it also looks unopened. Pretty neat.
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05-06-2013, 01:24 PM
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Very cool looking box. I actually didn't know solid head cases were that old, I had heard they were introduced around WWII? Thanks for sharing.
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Since the box states Winchester Repeating Arms Co. My guess is they predate 1931 when Western purchased them. I have no idea when the boxes would have changed to read Winchester - Western.
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