Obsolete Calibers

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Legend: BP=Black Powder, Smkls=Smokeless, 2pc=Two piece lift-top box, Sld=Sealed, Lbl=Label, RF=Rim-fire, H.P.=Hollow Point, SP=Soft Pt, FMJ=Full Metal Jkt (Full Patch), HV=HighVelocity Color Codes: BL, GRN, WH, YEL, BLK, PLD (PLAID), 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
219 Zipper		Winchester. "1946" box, the one in use thru 1954. Minor edge wear but clean in & out.	$95
22 Rem Auto (Model 16)		Remington Kleanbore, ca 1950s, the last stuff made in this scarce caliber. Clean.	$85
22 Winchester Auto (Model 1903)		Old Western Scrounger issue, made in Mexico. Full brick of 10 boxes (500 rds).	$225
22 WRF		Winchester. 1986 commemorative run, Horse & Rider logo. 250-rd "brick-box" of five 50-rd boxes.	$90
22 Rem Jet		Remington. Earliest box, pre-Child Warning. Clean rds.	$85
22 Savage H.P. (5.6x52R)		Sellier & Bellot, jsp, recent Czech mfg.	$42.50
222 Rem Mag		Peters. Very scarce box of Peters 1st labeling in this short-lived caliber, ca 1958-'61. Shows old original price and a bit of shelf wear, but seams and flaps are tight.	$50
222 Rem Mag	Green/yellow box	Remington. Orig bxs, 55 gr JSP	$45
25 RF Long Stevens		C.I.L. (Canadian Inds, Ltd.), circa 1950s, clean in & out.	$130
25 RF Long Stevens		CIL/Canuck blue/yellow bxs (last stuff made in this caliber, ca early-1970s) .	$145
25 RF Long Stevens		Peters. Postwar colorful "Rustless" box. Price label removed from back edge but flaps and seams are good and ammo correct and original.	$135
25 RF Long Stevens		Remington Kleanbore boxes, ca 1950s. Clean!	$135
25 RF Long Stevens		Western. Colorful "Bullseye" box, Olin Inds (post-war). Nice box, clean in & out.	$145
	25 Stevens, Short or Long	Pls check "Bargain Bin" and "Other Rimfire" pages for more possiblities in this caliber (links at top of this page).
25 RF Short		Remington Kleanbore, have 1 only.	$125
25 Remington Auto		Remington Kleanbore. Clean box w/ clean ammo.	$95 sold
25 Remington Auto		Peters. Tight box w/ nice, clean rds.	$95 sold
25 Remington Auto		Winchester "Super Speed". Clean box & ammo.	$95
25 WSSM		Winchester-Western. Short-lived cartridge that's getting VERY hard to find! A good round that didn't catch on so Winchester quickly "tossed their gun-owners in the river" and a lot of nice guns are going "un-fed" or abandoned. These are the first I've had in stock although I've had a lot of calls for it.	$80
25-35		Win-Western. OK, so this caliber is not officially obsolete--tried to find some lately?	$75
256 Win Mag		Winchester-Western Super-X. 60 gr O.P.E. b't. Later white boxes.	$90
6.5 m/m Rem Mag		Peters, early '60s box, 100 gr Core-Lokt SP. Clean!	$55
30 Remington Auto		Remington. Rough box, nice rds.	$60
30 Remington Auto		Western Super-X. Scarce 1959-61 style box in the desirable Silvertip loading. Rough box but clean rds.	$65
303 Savage		Remington [End label, photo'd in shrink-wrap]	$65
32 Long Colt		Remington. Early "Dogbone" box, ca 1925-30. Clean & bright with no seam or flap problems. Clean ammo as well. Unusually nice for one of these boxes!	$100 sold
32 Long Colt		Remington. Mid-1960s box. Full of clean rds. Getting VERY difficult to find!	$85 sold
32 Remington		Remington "Kleanbore" box, ca 1950. Clean & solid. Getting hard to find!	$65
32 S&W		Remington. This caliber is getting very hard to find in spite of the huge number of revolvers chambered for it over the years. This box is one of the most recent, perhaps the last, loading by Remington.	$40
32 S or L RF	For more 32 RF, Short or long ...	Pls check "Bargain Bin" and "Other Rimfire" pages for more possibilities in this caliber (links at top of this page).
32 Long RF		Navy Arms, blue box. [Longs have been out of production for over 15 years now.]	$160
32 Long RF		Peters "Rustless", post-war box, clean in & out.	$165
32 Long RF		Winchester. Post-war, 2-pc box, 1 end still sealed.	$175 sold
32 Long RF		Winchester. Post-war, 2-pc box, as above but factory SEALED.	$195
32 RF, S or L		Also see BARGAIN BIN page as well as OTHER RIMFIRE
32 Short RF		Canuck (Canadian Inds, Ltd), ca 1970s. The last made in this caliber with the exception of the Navy Arms Brazilian run.	out
32 Short RF		Navy Arms, blue box. Shorts have been out of production for close to 15 years. (See Bargain Bin for other possible offerings).	$185 out
32 Remington Auto (Rem models 8, 81, 14, & 141)		Remington. "1962" box w/ Child Warning; "Core Lokt" Soft Pt 170 gr. Bxs a bit rough, ammo fine.	out
32 WSL (Win Mod 1905)		Peters. Clean box & ammo. Getting impossible to find!	$150
32-40 H.V.		Imperial (Canada), a true High Velocity loading. If you're going to hunt with a gun of this caliber, these 1970's gold/blk boxes contain the best .32-40s made in the past 80 years!	$75 out
8m/m Lebel		Remington. Klnbore box, full and orig, clean ctdgs.	$65
348 Winchester	Have 2	Remington bxs, 1970s-'80s, one green/white, one green/yellow. Boxes a bit rough but flaps intact; Cartridges, however, are CLEAN & NICE!	$75 ea. sold
35 Newton		Western. Early 1930s "Bullseye" boxes but reloaded in the original brass w/ 250 gr JSP. Very professional loads by a well-known outfit (which I'm not at liberty to name here).	$150 for both
35 WSL (Win Self-Loading Rifle, Model 1905)		Peters, 180 gr soft points, ca 1950. Decent box w/ cln rds. Getting impossible to find!	$150 sold
35 WSL		Remington. While rough & missing both flaps the box is full of clean, original SP rds.	$135
35 WSL		Remington. This box is missing the rt flap but is full of 48 clean, original SP rds plus 2 early Winchester rds ("WRACo" headstamped) that would make great display ctdgs.	$150 sold
350 Rem Mag		Remington, 250 gr Ptd Soft Pt. (have 2) [End flap pictured]	$65
351 WSL (Win Self-Loading Rifle, Model 1907)		Post-war production (Peters or Winchester). [Sometimes called 351 SL or 351 SLR] (Also, see Bargain Bin")	$100
357 Maximum	End flap pictured	Rem yel/grn 20-bx, 158 gr. (Have 180 gr @$50)	$40
358 Win		Winchester. Box has a price tag removal mark and date on 1 end (8-17-98) but remains sound w/ no flap or seam problems; clean 200 gr Silvertips.	$75
375 Win "Big Bore"		Winchester-Western, 200 gr Big Bore box in which this caliber was introduced. Suddenly very hard to find!	$117.50
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
38 Auto (ACP, for Colt Model 1902 & '03)		Western, Remington. Clean boxes and rds. (Photo'd in shrink-wrap, pls ignore seams) Call for availability.	$85.00
38-55 H.V.		CIL (Imperial) the true High Velocity stuff. 1600 fps stated on the gold & black box. If you're going to hunt with a gun of this caliber, these 1970's gold/blk boxes contain the best .38-55s made in the past 80 years!	out
40-60 WCF		Connecticut Cartridge Co. In business from 1962 till about 1975, this company manufactured a line of cartridges advertised as "Cartridges Out of the Past -- Being Produced Again and Sold Here -- Fire your 'Old Favorite' Again". This box is of the later style, ca 1970. . Contains all 10 orig smkls ctdgs, headstamped 40-60, & which still appear quite capable of fulfilling the Co's promise.	$60
401 SL (for Win M1910)		Winchester. Early 2-pc bx, w/ 200gr JSP bullets showing a small copper tube in the nose. Except for slight separation of rt bottom end (no loss of cardboard or paper), all seams and ends are sound. Earliest top label dating of 10-9 and a later over-printed "Pat, June 3, 1913" found under trade mark callout. [Have seen a similar 1910 overprint referring to a primer change, but don't remember seeing this one before.]	$125 sold
401 SL (for Win M1910)		Winchester. "1946" box w/ cln rds.	call
405 Win		Winchester. "1946" box.	$90
41 L. Colt		Winchester - Western white bxs, 1970's. Last comm'l loading. (Have several like this, the box you get may not be this exact box.)	$90
41 Short R.F.		Navy Arms. Colorful early production (ca 1980).	out
		Pls check "Bargain Bin" and "Other Rimfire" pages for more possiblities in this caliber (links at top of this page).
41 Short R.F.		Navy Arms. Production ca 2000, but jobbers & wholesalers sold out and no longer being made. [One only]	out
41 Swiss		Leon Beaux (Italy), special run for Winfield Arms of Los Angeles in the 1950s. Probably the last stuff made in this caliber. Sealed box of 20 but has tape holding bottom edges.	$195
44 Auto Mag		Norma. Long considered the higher quality offering in this caliber, this box is full of clean ammo and the box is clean & solid as well. Getting hard to find.	$110
50 Sharps 3-1/4"		El Dorado Custom Shop. Full box of 20, black powder loads in properly headstamped ("50 Sharps El Dorado") new brass. Loaded for the custom repro Sharps Rifles in this rare caliber, the largest of the Sharps cartridges. [Have fired some of these myself]. Very hard to find!	$150 sold
		Also see "Bargain Bin" (link at top of this page) for possible add'l offerings in any of these calibers.
	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