Ammo packaging from the good ole days.

[Armybrat]

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[22250Rem]

Another addition to this fascinating thread: Probably the oldest stuff I have, which is half a box of Winchester .30 Government Model 1906 ammo. AKA .30-06, to differentiate it from the earlier, short lived .30-03 cartridge. Had this stuff since the latter 1960's when I didn't even own a .30-06 or any other centerfire rifle. The box is interesting since it mentions the "U.S. Springfield Model 1906" ( could that be a typo?), and the Winchester Rifle Model 54. I'm guessing that it dates this box to at least 1925, the year the model 54 came out. No mention of the Winchester Model 70 which arrived in 1936; so possibly this box is from 1925 to about 1935 or so ? The 10 rounds left really show their age, and are interesting to look at, but that's about all they are good for IMHO. .. .. .. .. ..

 

[gnappi]

Whoa, enter the wayback machine. When I was a kid I'd walk into town with my 10/22 on my shoulder and nobody batted an eye. Today the Governor himself would come to get me and my parents! Anyway, I walked into the sporting goods store and those .22 boxes mesmerized me... even more than the girls in their underwear in the Sears catalog.

So at something like fifty cents I bought what I could afford and went with my buds varmint hunting.

 

[tark]

In basic training, Ft. Ord, 1967, they had us hitting quarter sized discs, thrown in the air, with BB rifles using a technique they called “quick kill”. I’m not saying we hit it every time, but it was repeatable.

Same thing at Ft. Bliss, Texas in oct 67, where I took basic!!

 

[Meeks36]

Reminds me of the Tim Mcgraw song Back when. Sure do miss them days. Wish I had some of my paw paws old ammo. But sadly all mine are from this century.

 

[Riomouse911]

I found some old PMC, Federal and Speer .30-30 boxes at the back of the shelf. The Speer box is hard plastic like a Flambeau case.



Looks like the Federals were a bargain!




Stay safe.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

Decided to play along...
We like pictures, right?


Remember these?



Or these?




Sorry about the crooked pictures.
I do not know if my phone camera, computer or I have been drinking tonight.
I will have it narrowed down by the morning!

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Does 40 years old count? I was given several boxes of Zero Ammunition fired cases from mixed manufacture and used them for reloads in 1981, 1982. The boxes only fit wadcutters or empty .38 Spl.

I lost track of Zero Bullet Co. over the years; they went color in recent years . But found this doing an inventory of my empty cases.

 

[codytrucker]

Another addition to this fascinating thread: Probably the oldest stuff I have, which is half a box of Winchester .30 Government Model 1906 ammo. AKA .30-06, to differentiate it from the earlier, short lived .30-03 cartridge. Had this stuff since the latter 1960's when I didn't even own a .30-06 or any other centerfire rifle. The box is interesting since it mentions the "U.S. Springfield Model 1906" ( could that be a typo?), and the Winchester Rifle Model 54. I'm guessing that it dates this box to at least 1925, the year the model 54 came out. No mention of the Winchester Model 70 which arrived in 1936; so possibly this box is from 1925 to about 1935 or so ? The 10 rounds left really show their age, and are interesting to look at, but that's about all they are good for IMHO. View attachment 1188669..View attachment 1188670..View attachment 1188671..View attachment 1188672..View attachment 1188673..

Interesting that it doesn't mention model 1895 Winchester , which I believe was the only civilian rifle chambered in 30-06 for the first 10 or 15 years it was around .

 

[22250Rem]

Interesting that it doesn't mention model 1895 Winchester , which I believe was the only civilian rifle chambered in 30-06 for the first 10 or 15 years it was around

Hey; that's right! I had forgotten all about that when I was typing that post. Surprising that it didn't get mentioned.

 

[Howland937]

Any guesses? The guy who gave them to me said 1920's but I figured more like early 50's.

 

[Howland937]

How 'bout some primers?

 

[CavalierLeif]

A couple years back, an older friend was offloading some of his 9mm that he'd been accumulating for the past few decades. Mostly from the 90s. Here are some of the boxes I still have:

 

[Carl N. Brown]

S&B 7,63 Mauser pistol in post-WWII packaging bought by me in the 2000s

The comma is the European decimal point.
The modern 7.63x25mm designation is a NATO convention.

Back in my day if you had a C96 or a Tokarev duffle bag bring back pistol, you asked for .30 Mauser U.S. commercial or 7,63 Mauser imported ammo. This x25mm stuff is add-on by whippersnappers who wanta show off their Johnny come lately smarts.

 

[Mk VII]

Procured on club row back in '87.

 

[22250Rem]

Nice to see this thread still going. I also have a couple of old 22 Hornet ammo boxes that a friend of mine got for me over 20 years ago when I was seeking "period correct" stuff to go along with a period correct Savage Model 23D from the 1930's. The 23D was the 22 Hornet chambered offering of Savage's Model 23 series, and was introduced to the American market in 1932. This is the Western box: .. .. ..Plus the Savage box, which even mentions the Model 23D on the packaging: .. .. . ...And just a little off topic is that period correct example of what eastern woodchuck hunters were buying this ammo for in the 1930's: .. ..