Collectible and oddball ammunition

[David LaPell]

Does anyone here collect ammunition, maybe by box or by the rounds themselves? I have some older brass at home, very early Winchester headstamped .32-20 High Velocity which were not to be used in handguns. I also have a few large primer .357 Magnum cases here and there, but the biggest oddball in my collection is my .38 Dardick Tround. These were for the Dardick pistol, a revolver that loaded from a magazine and when the rounds were fired ejected from the side of the cylinder. They were a total flop. I have never seen a gun in person but the rounds are out there and are highly collectible and are certainly a conversation piece. Anyone else have ammunition that is either odd or highly collectible?

 

[Road Rat]

Lordy, you are taking me back to the '60s. The Dardick and the Tround.

Those things came and went in a couple of years. I'm guessing the ammo is very collectible!!

Thanks for the memories.

 

[-db-]

I'm not much of an ammo collector but couldn't pass up an opportunity to pick up a couple packs of the following stuff at a bargain price earlier this year. I sold the .38 Special pack pictured below but kept a still-sealed pack of .357 Magnum.

 

[s&wchad]

I don't really conside myself an ammo collector, I'm more of an accumulator. These are some of my favorites.

 

[DWalt]

The Dardick gun was probably a better idea than anyone gave it credit for. I have always thought its market failure was more the result of the gun's ungainly and strange appearance than any other reason - it just didn't look like any gun ever made before. But the design was well thought out.
A long story I won't pursue, but years ago, I was involved in some decision sessions about what weapons would be best for armed airline pilots, and I threw out the Dardick as a possibility (and there were good reasons for that). But as no one was familiar with the Dardick, my idea did not get too far. Dardick ammunition is more common on the collector market than you might imagine. There was a lot of it made. An ingenious form of the Dardick principle was in use for some time in making rock drills.

 

[beemerrider]

I've built a modest collection of older rounds, some in boxes, some loose, and some just the empty boxes. I have a variety of calibers from .22LR to.45acp and other pistol rounds to rifle and shotgun shells in the cool old boxes. I found a 50 round box of Supervel .38 Special 110 gr jhp's that I bought sometime in the 1960's for $6.49. From time to time, I'll go to an estate sale, where I've found a variety of vintage ammo. I get a fair amount just given to me by people who found it in their or their parent's basements. I have a large jar full of pre WWI and WW2 .45 acp. The WWI stuff is head-stamped U.S.C.Co. dated 3-17 is brass cased with a brass primer and bright lead colored very hard 230 gr RN bullets. The WWII cartridges are brass cased with copper primers and 230 gr copper jacketed bullets and are marked F A opposite 42 on the case head-stamp. I think a magazine full of these would be a nice addition to a 1911 of similar vintage. Recently while inventorying my loading components, I ran across a few boxes of 100 primers I bought in the 60's with original price tags on them. Does 69 cents seem like a good deal? Jeese, what a pack-rat I am.

 

[mkk41]

Got a bunch of old stuff. I'm not so much a cartridges collector , but I do like having a wide assortment for referance.

Got an auction lot of some odd stuff from a shop that closed. Several original 6rd plastic packets of KTW. And a few boxes of different caliber these.

 

[Frank46]

Haven't any pics to post but years ago my thing was military cartridges. The usual 30-06, 303 British, 7.65x54 Argentine mauser, 8mm mauser and such. Had one small store not far from the house that sold the mil surp stuff right out of the case. I'd rummage in the cases getting different headstamps or hitting up gunshops for old cartridges they no longer had any use for. Like a cigar box on the shelf. Never did it with any rhyme or reason, just because I liked old military cartridges. Frank

 

[Sebago Son]

Somewhere in one of the bunkers are a couple of the Gyro-Jet rounds...

 

[mbliss57]

What about the S&W marked ammo and S&W Ammo boxes. They stopped producing them when?? I have been picking up a box here or there with the correct ammo in them. More for for aesthetics with pics taken with revolversand such. Does anyone think they will have collector value in the future?