Ammo packaging from the good ole days.

[Palladan44]

Anyone else enjoy the beauty of ammunition packaging from way back when? I know I do. Talk about triggering some nostalgia.
In the process of sorting through some older ammunition, and I must say these designs are simple, yet beautiful.

I have to say my favorite is the Federal HI-Power box of 16ga in the upper right corner. Black/Red/Gold w/ duck is very good looking to me. These also trigger memories, my first deer hunt I carried a box of 30-30 WIN. with the exact same livery as the Winchester Super-X box in the upper left corner.

Anyways, back to sorting.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I have a few old ammo boxes, but this one is hands-down the best-

 

[MarshallDodge]

I have one of those Super-X boxes. It brings back memories of my dad going hunting when I was a kid and there was a box of Super-X ammo sitting on the front seat of the car.

 

[Bazoo]

WOW, those are some cool boxes. Thanks both for sharing. I have a few boxes, I'll have to get pics of them. For some reason, it never occurred to me up until now. Some very cool stuff though.

The only pic I have is this one I took messing around. It's not particularly old, from the 90s, but it takes me back to my young adulthood. I used to buy it from K-mart for 90 cents a box.

 

[Bazoo]

I did some remembering, and while it's not old, I do have another pic handy, I always liked Winchester's boxes.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

 

[bannockburn]

Here's some oldies but goodies!

 

[pharmer]

I keep this box in my glovebox with a few rounds of everything from .22lr to .44 mag, "for test purposes." Joe

 

[jdsingleshot]

I have one like the one on the left.

 

[.45Coltguy]

Have these. Maybe a couple others in the shop.

 

[welldoya]

I’ve got a few.

 

[dogtown tom]

Just remember, in fifty years your plastic CCI MiniMag box will be collectible.

A few years ago I started collecting the old wooden ammunition cases that those cardboard boxes were shipped in.

 

[jmr40]

I picked up a partial box of 12 ga paper shells at an estate sale recently. I'm guessing from the 50's or early 60's. There were about 20 shells in the box.

 

[doubleh]

It's box with ammo in it, something that goes in the trash when the ammo is gone. Manufacture's name, caliber, and bullet weight is all I care about. Oh, I forgot velocity on 22 rimfire. Think about how it could have been priced lower and still could with only that.

 

[bannockburn]

Found a few more photos of the "Good old stuff":

 

[allisd17]

The middle box was my "holy grail" for a long time until I finally snagged one at auction.

 

[Mk VII]

 

[Mk VII]

 

[valnar]

Anyone else enjoy the beauty of ammunition packaging from way back when? I know I do. Talk about triggering some nostalgia.
In the process of sorting through some older ammunition, and I must say these designs are simple, yet beautiful.

The oldest stuff I got is 7.62x54r in a spam can, so it ain't nothing to look at.

But I'm loving some of these pictures. You can tell the pop culture cues of the day in some of them. Is that first post from the 70's?

 

[Mk VII]

 

[Mk VII]

unusual packaging, probably for the Navy.

 

[Mk VII]

 

[.38 Special]

I have a few from the 20s and 30s and really like them, but they are so beat up they aren't really good for anything. I scratch the itch by buying from Cheyenne, whenever possible.


My favorites are probably from Kynoch, though. Even 20 years ago, the .416 Rigby stuff was over $100 for packets of five rounds, so I didn't buy much of it. I intend to make the boxes last forever, though...

 

[Stevenvalleyky]

Ive actually thown many of the older boxes away as Ive restuffed them with reloads until they started falling apart. This is 1 of the few older ones I still have.

 

[P5 Guy]