Source for old S&W Brand Ammo?

[TAROMAN]

Back in the day (way back) S&W marketed ammunition with their own headstamo. Made by Federal, IIRC.

Anyhow I'm trying to locate a source for a few S&W marked .44 Magnum cartridges (or just the brass).

Anyone?

thanks,

 

[CTG_COLLECTOR]

Try Gunbroker.com

 

[Combat]

My guess would be try pawnshops and gunshows. I see a few boxes for sale every now and then for sale there.

 

[XTrooper]

There are a couple of dealers on Auction Arms that sell a lot of obsolete/vintage ammo. You could try there, also. I remember the old S&W ammo well. Blue and white boxes.

Good luck with your search!

 

[Alk8944]

Back in the day (way back) S&W marketed ammunition with their own headstamo. Made by Federal, IIRC.

Anyhow I'm trying to locate a source for a few S&W marked .44 Magnum cartridges (or just the brass).

Anyone?

thanks,

There were two sources of S&W ammunition. In the 1970s S&W purchased the Alcan factory and manufactured it's own ammunition at this facility. This was located in Alton IL if memory serves. Later ammunition, which is headstamped S&W-F, was manufactured for S&W by Fiocchi. Federal had nothing to do with it, except, possibly, rifle calibers.

 

[Frank237]

Other than the collector value of the boxes...the ammo is rather uninspiring. OLD tech bullets, etc.

Current HP ammo would perform much better.

I just bought two boxes of +P .38's for $20 at a recent gun show.

FN in MT

 

[TAROMAN]

Rounds are not for shooting. I'd like to find 6 of them that will go into a gearshift knob I'm making from an old, damaged recessed .44 Mag cylinder.

 

[XTrooper]

Rounds are not for shooting. I'd like to find 6 of them that will go into a gearshift knob I'm making from an old, damaged recessed .44 Mag cylinder.

Sounds like a cool project!