OK BOXES,what about BOXES

[lonecowhand]

Air Commando
Thanks for the info. I still have the the K22 Outdoorsman that was in the box, just didn't have it handy for the picture.

 

[AirCommando]

I would request a letter from Roy Jinks (S&W historian) for $50. If the K22 letters as a salesman's sample, I think that K22 Outdoorsman w/case could be quite valuable. Why don't you take some pics of the gun too, and post them in the SWCA forum and maybe Roy can look at them? One of the bennies of SWCA membership.

 

[peteski]

Nice collection. Would you happen to have a factory box for a Smith&wesson model 645 pistol, .45 ACP? Thanks Pete.

 

[AirCommando]

Nice collection. Would you happen to have a factory box for a Smith&wesson model 645 pistol, .45 ACP? Thanks Pete.

Not me Pete, sorry. How about putting an ad in the forum "Want to Buy" in the classifieds?

 

[peteski]

Ok, thanks, Pete.

 

[opoefc]

lonecowhand, that plastic box has been called a "salesman's sample box" by collectors, however that is incorrect. These boxes were manufactured in the late 1940s, however they were never use by S&W for guns, and were scrapped. Many have found their way to gun shows & Ebay, etc. since. Somewhere on this Forum's archives there is a detailed history & explanation of them by Roy Jinks. Ed.

 

[linde]

Here's one that's a little different

Russ

 

[JSR III]

Russ, if I recall correctly, those boxes were merely a fluke that happened during the assembly process. The red staples were loaded into the machine and a bunch of red boxes were made up. The next run was for blue boxes so the staples were removed and blue staples were put in the machine. Occassionally, a bunch of staples got caught in the machine and a blue box ended up with red staples. You will also see this with gold boxes and blue staples.

Nothing really noteworthy, just a manufacturing glitch.

 

[linde]

Occassionally, a bunch of staples got caught in the machine and a blue box ended up with red staples. You will also see this with gold boxes and blue staples. Nothing really noteworthy, just a manufacturing glitch.

James,

Notice anything else unusual on this end label . . . besides red staples on a blue box?

Russ

 

[mbliss57]

Looks like the stamp got put in backwards on that one! Maybe a Monday morning after a big game...???

 

[grif684]

When did S&W start using the end label and stop writing the serial number on the bottom of the box?