Old 30-30 Brass

Saluki91 said:

While going through some unprocessed 30-30 brass, I found some Super X and Super Speed Speed head stamps. I also have one unfired example of both.

As far as I can tell, Winchester took Super Speed out of production in 1973. I don't know about Super X. They both came from a box of mixed head stamp ammo that my father-in-law gave me with his Marlin 336. Not knowing any better, I fired them.

If either of these have any sentimental or collectable value to the community, let me know and they are yours (I'll keep the live rounds).

Cheers!

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I think the collectable value is unfired rounds in a perfect condition original box. Just add them to your reload pile.

I have a few of those in my collection, but mine are loaded. Your brass should still be good to reload. Good on you for offering them to everyone!

I’d love to have them. I actually have a small batch of some older cases like that I use. I think they are neat.

Saluki91 said:

Sorry… long gone now.

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Thanks anyway, and for letting me know.

I actually have a batch of 86 W-W Super that I load all the time as one of my regular batches.

Some of the less common calibers are still stamped super X. A recent lot of .300 Savage I have is marked thussly. OLD 30-30 brass is stamped .30WCF. I found either someones secret hunting rock or perhaps the site of something more nefarious in the remote New Mexico desert many years ago at work in the neighborhood of Rattlesnake spring. A neat stack of .30WCF UMC marked brass....7 of them... laying scattered on a large flat rock. I was poor at the time, so I pocketed them to the local flea market and bartered for a linesmen pliers I needed. Those had some value.

I'd love to have a couple examples of the old 30 wcf marked stuff. I am a 30-30 headstamp collector. And 44 Special, Magnum and 22 Rimfire.

Bazoo said:

I'd love to have a couple examples of the old 30 wcf marked stuff. I am a 30-30 headstamp collector. And 44 Special, Magnum and 22 Rimfire.

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Just wander around in the desert near known turn of the century outlaw hideouts and you're bound to find some! These had a pronounced patina of great age despite being in one of the driest places in North America. They were essentially black but with no deep corrosion, and lettering was sharp. I assume I found them just as they'd been laying for 100 or so years. I regret trading them off, but needed the pliers more at the time! I find a lot of prohibition era cartridges out in my neck of the woods, but due to climate they are barely recognizable.