Guys,
what we need is an old employee from Winchester-Western, and another from Rem-Peters. Look at the 2nd pic in this thread- see that lot number on the end flap? That would tell us a lot- IF we spoke the language. And NO, don't assume the 69 that starts it off is the year- it is likely NOT that simple, on purpose. manufacturers don't want their codes to be THAT easy to read. It could be a batch #, or machine #, or employee#.

Dave- you gonna shoot those blue pills? Very interesting.
I agree that NOT all pre-war 357 and 38/44 ammo is large primer. No hard evidence at hand, but much empirical evidence over the years. I need to get my library set up....
I stumbled on a bit of ammo recently. I'll post some pics when I get caught up on the selling.
Regards,
Lee J

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Regards,
Lee Jarrett