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Legend: BP=Black Powder, Smkls=Smokeless, 2pc=Two piece lift-top box, Sld=Sealed, Lbl=Label, HS=Headstamp, HV=High Velocity Color Codes: BL, GRN, WH, YEL, BLK, (etc...)
Caliber	Description		$
	100 Years of Winchester Cartridge Boxes, 1856-1956 by Ray T. Giles & Daniel L. Shuey	*The 1st and ONLY* definitive work on cartridge boxes, covering all the calibers for which Winchester cataloged their rifles, from the Volcanic to the Model 88. Thoroughly researched, this 312 page book contains over 1,400 full color photographs as well as price and rarity guides in a high quality, hard-cover book with dust-jacket! Will be happy to sign your copy on request. RTG**	$69.95, ppd
"22.30 (5.56 m/m) Johnson Carbine"	[Top, front edge, and one end shown, photo'd in shrink-wrap.]	Johnston-Tucker Arms. While full and SEALED, this early 20-rd box is known to be the obscure and rare "22.30 Johnson Carbine" cartridge (it was based on the .30 Carbine case, some later ads called it the "Spitfire"). The reason of the certainty of the contents is that the former owner also had an identical but partial box with loose rds. The rds in this box are assumed to be headstamped as those were: "WCC 53". The Buttweiler "Guide to Ammunition Prices" (2nd ed. 1992) shows only one auction result for a single cartridge (headstamped "WCC 56"), that sold at $25. VERY RARE, been in my personal collection since 1993. CHEAP!!	$375 sold
6 m/m Lee, Blanks 20 rds, 4 clips of 5		Winchester. Here's a RARE one: 4 clips of 5 blanks, 20 ctdgs in original box and labeling. All clips stamped: "Pat. Oct. 8. 95." These clips, EMPTY!, SELL FOR UP TO $150 APIECE! Take the 4 clips, 20 ctdgs, and the original box, all for......	$495 sold
6 m/m Lee Navy		Winchester. 6m/m Lee (Navy), clip of 5 original ctdgs. Clip has some light corrosion but is properly marked, "Pat. Oct 8 '95" (see pic, click to enlarge). RARE!	sold
6 m/m Lee Navy		Winchester. "Full Copper Jacketed", this is a rare loading in a seldom-seen caliber. For the Lee military collectors this is the best box post-1899 as nearly all are Soft Points after 1900. Solid with no split seams/corners--very unusual for these early taped-construction boxes. (Been in my personal collection since 1993!)	$250 sold
7 m/m Pin-Fire		Braun & Bloem (Duesseldorf, Germany). Solid full-cover 2-pc box containing 47 clean, original cartridges. Looks to be late-1800s, but??	$150 sold
30 Carbine (WW2)		Winchester. This 1945 WW2 packet is MINTY! Nothing remains to be said! [From the Reichenbach collection]	$45 sold
30 S.L. (Self-Loading) ["Short Rifle, M-1"]		Winchester. RARE, earliest loading and denotation for the .30 US Carbine, ca late-1930s. Rarely-encountered box with 14 original ctdgs headstamped: ".30 S.L. WRA", and these individual cartridges are also highly collectible! My 34th year doing this and I have never had one of these for sale before; actually, it's only the 2nd such box I've ever even seen!	$125 sold
30 Rook		Remington-UMC, early Blk Pwdr, 2-pc in a caliber that has become extremely hard to find! And it's FACTORY-SEALED with full side label. The only flaws are the minor label chips that are visible in the pic at left.	$175 sold
7.62 m/m Russian		U.S. Cartridge Co. Two-pc SEALED box in a rare caliber by one of America's oldest major cartridge makers, now long obsolete (since 1937). The only reason this caliber saw any demand in the U.S. was because of the Winchester Model 1895 rifles sent to Russia on military contract during the 'Teens that found their way back to this country. (It's very rare in early 2-pc boxes even by Winchester!) Other than a couple hand-notated codes in pencil on the back of the box, it is in EXCELLENT condition!	$160 sold
7.62 m/m Russian		Winchester. It is a little-known fact even among Winchester collectors that nearly 70% of Winchester's total run of Model 1895 lever action rifles were in muskets chambered in this obscure caliber in fulfillment of a Russian military contract in 1915-16. Finding a 2-pc Winchester box in this caliber from that early period is nearly impossible. However, this red/yellow labeling with K-Code is circa 1946-1951/'52 and was in response to demand for the caliber due to many such muskets having been returned to the US as military surplus and then cut down and (usually crudely) "sporterized" in this country. A seldom-seen labeling in what is usually considered the last truly "collectible" series of "pure" (pre Win-Western) Winchester boxes.	$115 sold
7.65 m/m (.30) Luger		Winchester. "1932" style box, seldom-seen in this caliber! EXC condition with no splits, repairs or other "problems". Nice!	$135 sold
7.63 (.30) Mauser		Winchester. Rare "Hollow Soft Point" loading! As most of you know, by far the largest percentage of bottle-necked auto pistol cartridges are FMJ with an occasional offering in JHP. But you almost never see a Hollow Soft Point labeling! The 2-pc box remains SEALED at left end and is full of its original clean, native cartridges.	$95
38 S&W Special		S.F.M. / Gevelot (French mfg). This Black Powder box has been in my collection for years! Very colorful with several callouts in English, including the title: "S&W .38 SPECIAL" as well as both end-flaps (see pic). Exceptionally clean, colorful, and interesting box! [Photo'd in shrink-wrap]	$95 sold
380 Mk I (38 S&W--200) RARE!		C.I.L. ("Dominion", div Canadian Inds Ltd). This is the RARELY SEEN 200 gr bullet load for the Brit S&W ".38 - 200" military revolver, ca late '30s/early-'40s! Totally original in & out, been in my personal collection for 25 years!	$195 sold
8 m/m Lebel (Rifle)		Remington Kleanbore, ca 1950s. Minty, the nicest one I've handled in over 30 years!	$95 sold
8 m/m (7.9 m/m) Mauser (or Mannlicher)		Winchester. Full Patch, "Staynless/Non-Mercuric" 2-pc box, 1932 only, the RARE immediate predecessor to the box below. This box remains factory-sealed and is LIKE NEW!	$195 sold
8 m/m (7.9 m/m) Mauser (or Mannlicher)		Winchester. "1932 Type" box, RARE and ABSOLUTELY MINT! Never had another, been in my collection for over 25 years!	$195 sold
8 m/m (7.9 m/m) Mauser (or Mannlicher)		Winchester. "1935 Type" box, EXC condition, no flap or seam problems! RARE !	$135 sold
8 m/m Mauser (7.9 m/m) Mauser "1945 Series" box (RARE!)		Winchester. Surprisingly, this is the very scarce "1945" box which was only used in very few calibers and for only about a year, certainly less than two, when the red/yellow "1946 Series" was introduced. Given that the Olin Inds name became official in Nov 1944, it couldn't have appeared on boxes until 1945, then, in 1946, the new red/yellow boxes were intro'd. That said, I've never before seen this caliber in the 1945 Series labeling! Exceptional condition and color!	$150
9 m/m Luger "EXPLODER"		Bingham, Ltd. (Atlanta, ca 1970?) The Exploder bullets were designed to explode upon contact with a solid object including, I assume, human tissue & bone. Attached here (click on pic) is a sheet (as shown in the Int'l Ammunition Assn Journal) that appears to be a Company-issued detailed description of the cartridges and their supposed capabilities. This box has been shrink-wrapped and in my collection for over 30 years!	sold
9 m/m Luger ERROR box: ".9m/m"		Remington, early 1-pc box, ca 1925. Cartridge title with erroneous decimal point in front of the nine: ".9 m/m"! Full of native-to-the-box ctdgs. Solid unrepaired box! Interesting and RARE!	$125
9 m/m Parabellum "For Sub-Machine Guns"		Winchester. WW2 military production. These boxes were never sealed and this one shows virtually no wear of any kind. [From the Reichenbach collection]	$65
9 m/m Rim Fire Shot	For Win Model 36	Fiocchi full brass case (for Win M36 or Flobert guns), boxes of 50. Have both black (earlier) or white (more recent) boxes but not all shot sizes. (Fiocchi has about doubled the price on these in the past year or so.)	$45
9 m/m (9x23) Steyr		German mfg, 2 boxes (DWM, "Avion"), both boxes "minty" in all respects. Both for:	$100
41 Swiss (10.4m/m) Rim Fire		Loaded for the Swiss military by the "Schweizerische Eidgenossenchaft" (Swiss Confederation). SEALED, string-tied 10-pack dated Feb 23, 1891. Years ago, when I had an open packet like this, I remember seeing the cartridges and they are headstamped with a raised Swiss Cross. Fantastic, MINTY condition!	$195 sold
42 Russian Berdan		UMC. This VERY RARE and desirable "Dog Logo" box from the late-1870s once held twenty .42 Russian Berdan paper-patched cartridges. It now holds one such original rd. The cartridge was developed for the Russians by an American general, Hiram Berdan, the same person for whom the Berdan primer is named. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co used Berdan primers extensively in their large rifle calibers throughout the 1870s (and beyond) and while other makers produced the .42 Russian caliber, this is the "real thing", the 42 Russian Berdan by UMC. A rare bit of history in a box! [From my personal collection]	$95 sold
11 m/m Mauser PAPER-PATCHED!		U.M.C. 11 m/m Mauser, Black Powder loading with RARE Paper-Patched Bullets! All original with no problems or repairs. The only such box I've ever had or even seen! [From my personal collection]	$265 sold
11.4x40 Danish		The "Greenland Cartridge�, chambered in converted Remington M67 rifles which were used in the Danish army until 1919 and in the navy till 1942. Many rifles were then sent to Greenland where they were used as hunting rifles, hence the nickname. FACTORY-SEALED, the label is identical both sides. EXC cond. [From the Reichenbach collection]	$85
12 m/m Pin-Fire		Houllier-Blanchard, Paris. Full and original string-tied box of 24 in truly EXCELLENT condition! Rare, especially so nice!	$350
45-70 Multi-Ball		Frankford Arsenal. SEALED, "string-pull" to open (can be seen at center, right end), RARE MULTI-BALL loading. Possible left end paste-back but very clean and solid! Cheap!	$285
45 ACP "FA 43" (U.S. Military, WW2)		Frankford Arsenal, partial box but at least 2/3 full, all but 2 or 3 headstamped "FA 43" with the others "FA 42". The ctdgs are clean but the box is near perfect, unusual as these boxes are of very fragile construction. Makes one wonder: Where was this box in 1943, right in the midst of WW2?	$50
45 ACP (45 Auto, TSMG)		Peters. 1930s "Kings Mills" address with TSMG (Thompson Sub-Machine Gun) callout on bottom. This nearly-90-year-old box and ctdgs are both EXC+ , MINTY! [From my personal collection]	$225 sold
45 ACP, "E C" HS. (WW2 Steel)	(no pic, 42 rds in a baggy)	E.C. (Evansville Chrysler) '42 and '43 dated STEEL case WW2 ctdgs. All for $20 + actual shipping.	$20
45 Colt & Schofield Blanks		Frankford Arsenal, "PISTOL CARTRIDGES", with "Oct 23 1882" date-stamped on side. This is the only year that these were called Pistol ctdgs rather than Revolver ctdgs; in fact, I've only ever seen 4 of these 1882 "Pistol" packets and they've all been dated during the 4th week in Oct of 1882! Very uncommon!	$150
45 Webley		Winchester. Early 1880s primary label with somewhat indeterminate but later (1890s?) side-seal label. Cartridges are properly headstamped (pic on box are unheadstamped). Obviously this was a very slow-selling, obsolete, black powder caliber for Winchester even before the turn of the 20th Century, a fact which accounts for the fact that it is almost never encountered! This, in fact, is the first such box I've ever offered and is out of my personal collection where it has resided since 1993! (photo'd in shrink-wrap)	$295 sold
50-70 Gov't		U.M.C. "U.S. Standard" Berdan-primed "Metallic Cartridges". Military style box but labeling more likely commercial, thought to be 1870s. Box has been opened so we have a good view of the really nice original ctdgs within. Now shrink-wrapped, you can barely tell the box has been opened, looks sealed. This is the only one of these I've ever had in over 30 years of collecting and dealing!	$525