|
|
05-23-2017, 10:21 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,887
Likes: 22
Liked 1,356 Times in 451 Posts
|
|
Interesting Old Box
You never know what you're going to find in an old box.
|
The Following 37 Users Like Post:
|
-db-, arjay, bgrafsr, bigolddave, bill skebeck, bracebeemer, cndrdk, Dan M, Dennis, Doc44, g-dad, g8rb8, glowe, goatsnguns, gunnails, JayCeeNC, JP@AK, lamarw, Leatherhead23, Lee Barner, LEO918, linde, montezumaz, Ozark Marine, perryhd, quinn, rags, raljr1, Ray1970, red9, RKmesa, S&W Oldtimer, Todd K., turnerriver, usm1rifle, Wiregrassguy, YeshuaIsa53 |
05-23-2017, 10:29 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 822
Likes: 599
Liked 1,336 Times in 431 Posts
|
|
Do you suppose they're still worth $4?
|
05-23-2017, 10:36 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: The Twin Cities
Posts: 2,354
Likes: 4,959
Liked 1,771 Times in 716 Posts
|
|
Very, very cool.
|
05-23-2017, 10:38 PM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Pikeville, Tennessee
Posts: 6,072
Likes: 924
Liked 9,967 Times in 3,664 Posts
|
|
And if you wonder why you get weird/incorrect letters every now and again, it's because the records used for letters came from folks like this one who wrote down "Magna Stocks".
Lord have mercy!
Ralph Tremaine
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
05-23-2017, 10:41 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Just West of Houston
Posts: 3,468
Likes: 787
Liked 4,674 Times in 2,062 Posts
|
|
How did you end up with the box? Can you read a mail stamp date?
|
05-23-2017, 10:55 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 7,253
Likes: 18,642
Liked 11,129 Times in 3,312 Posts
|
|
How cool is that? Answer: VERY COOL!! Must have been a 20% off sale too! They look like they are in mint condition too. Is there a date on there anywhere?
__________________
Miss My Buddy crsides!!
Last edited by boykinlp; 05-23-2017 at 10:57 PM.
|
05-23-2017, 11:09 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,887
Likes: 22
Liked 1,356 Times in 451 Posts
|
|
Ralph, perhaps there were Magna stocks in this box originally, these stocks are 1930/36 vintage. Looking at the date on the receipt there probably was post war Magna stocks in it.
Just wondering if the box has any value and it's interesting how S&W would ship COD back then.
Last edited by mag318; 05-23-2017 at 11:12 PM.
|
05-24-2017, 12:34 AM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: California
Posts: 19,251
Likes: 11,929
Liked 20,598 Times in 8,583 Posts
|
|
That is most likely the case IMO, the un-numbered pre war Magnas that came in that box are installed (or were) on what ever gun those Service stocks number to. Is there a s/n on the backside of the right stock?
If so, I would ask Roy what gun was shipped with that #?
__________________
Jim
S&WCA #819
|
05-24-2017, 12:46 AM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Pikeville, Tennessee
Posts: 6,072
Likes: 924
Liked 9,967 Times in 3,664 Posts
|
|
YEAH BUT!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by mag318
Ralph, perhaps there were Magna stocks in this box originally, these stocks are 1930/36 vintage. Looking at the date on the receipt there probably was post war Magna stocks in it.
Just wondering if the box has any value and it's interesting how S&W would ship COD back then.
|
Indeed----------but sneaky!! The date was well hidden in the first photos---I know----I looked-----twice.
Truth be known, I'm more than a little bit sensitive about these things (Weird/incorrect letters). I have an 8" .32 caliber 1st Model Single Shot (a rare duck) which letters as a 10" .22 (a not so rare duck). I've figured out how that could have/probably did happen, but that doesn't fix anything. I have a NM #3 Target chambered for "38 WINCHESTER CTG", which of course is not possible because they were only made in 32-44 S&W and 38-44 S&W (Check any/all of the books for confirmation.); but I have it. It letters as a mystery gun. The factory records make no mention of the caliber----only that it was a special order for a single unit. I'm satisfied the lad who bored the holes knew what bits he was supposed to use---also that nobody else needed to know---at the time. That doesn't fix anything either.
As to whether the box has any value---absolutely! Dumpster Diving Don Mundell lives for stuff like that. As to how much value, I have no clue. Think of it like this: It appears to be the only surviving example of its kind----sort of like a woolly mammoth.
Ralph Tremaine
|
05-24-2017, 01:34 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,887
Likes: 22
Liked 1,356 Times in 451 Posts
|
|
Most boxes of interest to me are the ones that had guns shipped in them. This one represents how the factory mailed parts to customers (COD no less) which along with the receipt makes for an interesting conversation piece from a time gone by.
|
05-24-2017, 12:52 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Michigan Western UP
Posts: 12,976
Likes: 3,048
Liked 14,369 Times in 5,476 Posts
|
|
Those stamps were in use from 1938 to 1943. If you look closely at the image of the revolvers on the bottom of the label, they are wearing Magna stocks, so the pair in the box are almost certainly what came off the gun that the Magnas may still be on today.
__________________
Gary
SWCA 2515
|
05-24-2017, 01:09 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,887
Likes: 22
Liked 1,356 Times in 451 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by glowe
Those stamps were in use from 1938 to 1943. If you look closely at the image of the revolvers on the bottom of the label, they are wearing Magna stocks, so the pair in the box are almost certainly what came off the gun that the Magnas may still be on today.
|
Gary, interesting observation making this box even older than I thought. Thanks for your input.
|
05-24-2017, 02:09 PM
|
|
S&W Historian
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 5,964
Likes: 3,399
Liked 11,336 Times in 2,894 Posts
|
|
Not wanting to hijack this thread, but, these are my six examples. They are pre and post WWII. Taking the quote from Ralph Tremaine "As to whether the box has any value---absolutely! Dumpster Diving Don Mundell lives for stuff like that. As to how much value, I have no clue. Think of it like this: It appears to be the only surviving example of its kind----sort of like a woolly mammoth." So with your statement in mind, should I call them "Sons and daughters of Woolly Mammoth? Sounds like a title from a 1950's horror movie. I especially like the pre war box from Belgium.
__________________
Don Mundell
|
The Following 6 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2017, 02:23 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SE USA
Posts: 2,474
Likes: 4,494
Liked 1,928 Times in 873 Posts
|
|
Old boxes with old stamps and Smith & Wesson written on them are very interesting to me. Wonder what a stamp collector would value them at.
|
05-24-2017, 02:44 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Michigan Western UP
Posts: 12,976
Likes: 3,048
Liked 14,369 Times in 5,476 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Be still
. . . Wonder what a stamp collector would value them at.
|
Those stamps were from a 1938 Presidential series The Teddy Roosevelt 30 cent canceled stamp would bring $0.20 and the 4 cent James Madison canceled stamp would be worth the same.
__________________
Gary
SWCA 2515
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|