Other Rimfire

Legend: BP=Black Powder, Smkls=Smokeless, 2pc=Two piece lift-top box, Sld=Sealed, Lbl=Label, HS=Headstamp, H.P.=Hollow Point 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
25 Bacon & Bliss (RF)		Remington-UMC. Black Powder, 100-box. Side label appears to be from 2 different, tho correct, boxes (top & bottom don't match where split to open). Ctdgs appear to have never left the box, unusual in these 100-rd boxes. Scarce caliber!	$175 sold
25 L RF Stevens		U.S. Cartridge Co. Blk Pwdr box ca 1900. Label chip upper left, but rest of box all there incl 96%-97% of side lbl and all correct, orig rds. Seldom encountered box! [Photo'd in shrink-wrap]	$150 sold
25 L RF Stevens		Remington "DOGBONE" box, ca 1930s. Minor crease (see pic)\ and bottom has staining, but flaps and seams are good, ammo is all original. At the price of a "shooter" box!	$140 sold
25 L RF Stevens		Western. Colorful "Bullseye" box, Olin Inds (post-war). Nice box, clean in & out.	$150
25 S RF Stevens		Winchester. Mid-'20s box, clean & solid, in "Lesmok" loading, a blend of black powder & smokeless pwdr which provided dependable, consistent ignition during the period when ammo manufacturers were transitioning from Black to Smokeless powders while, at the same time, reformulating their priming mixtures in an attempt to eliminate mercuric and other corrosive elements. It was intro'd in 1911 but by the 1930s, Lesmok had mostly been eliminated from the catalogs & price lists. [Collectible box priced here at around "Shooter" price]	$125
25 Short or Long Stevens	See "Obsolete Ammo" page.	WHEN IN STOCK: CIL/Canuck, blu/yel bxs, Rem Klnbore, Western "Bullseye" or Peters "Rustless". Post-war mfg.	see "Obsolete" page
30 Long		U.S. CARTRIDGE CO. This is the much sought after "Woodcut" box showing 2 game scenes as well as 2 pistols and 6 long guns, all surrounding the Company's "Shield Logo". While the right end of the lid shows edge separation and seal split, this box is still factory SEALED! great find!	$435
30 Long		Winchester. "Metallic Ctdgs" callout is an 1870s labeling making this is a late-1870s/early-1880s box. Solid w/ tight seams and STILL SEALED!	$375
30 Short		U.M.C. Picturing Marlin's "Standard Revolver" this little beauty of a very early UMC box, even while msg the back edge of the lid (see pix), retains 80+% of the side seal label and is full of original ctdgs. Rare item with great graphics!	sold
30 Short		U.M.C. Solid 2-pc box, side label 99+%. A caliber that's been extinct for 100 years, and in a factory-sealed, Black Powder 1890s box? Yes. Nothing more need be said... [Box color is slightly darker than scan shown)	$385
32 Extra Short		U.M.C. Solid early-1890s blk pwdr "loose pack" box (as opposed to the later "heads & tails" box). Tight seams w/ top label near 99% and side label approx 90%. An unusually nice example of this rare box for the Rem-Rider and Chicago and Minneapolis palm pistols.	$1500 sold
32 Extra Short		Winchester. FULL, EARLY (pre-1900) "loose-pack" box of this very scarce & much in demand caliber for the Rem-Rider and Chicago and Minneapolis palm pistols. Ctdgs, while apparently not all native to the box, are 100% correct impressed "H" rds. Side label is approx 90% but top label is 99+%! Well above average box!	$1500 sold
32 Short		New York Metallic Ammunition Co. EXTRAORDINARILY RARE BOX! This spur-trigger revolver "picture box" is ca 1866-67! The fragile label shows some even, light scuffing but there is no loss of text or graphics. Box is solid (tho left end of lid is replaced) and contains 3 original cartridges. This box is from the George Kass collection--no better pedigree or provenance exists!	$950 sold
32 Short		Winchester. Blk Pwdr 1880s box. Top label near perfect, side-seal 98-99% (pls ignore shrink-wrap seam on side pic). Exceptional box from my personal collection.	$215 sold
32 Long		Hall & Hubbard, a direct descendant of Smith & Wesson, evolved through the partnership of Smith, Hall & Farmer followed by that of Smith, Hall & Buckland, becoming Hall & Hubbard in 1869. It then disappeared in 1874. Side label on this 50-rd loose-pack box is only about 1/3, but top label not only is all there but nearly perfect! A great historic box which, incredibly (and unlike most of these very early boxes which are most often found empty), retains 30 orig rds!	sold
32 Long (Rare)		"Keystone Metallic Cartridge Works, Philadelphia Penn'a". Ever wonder what ammo the Keystone Cops used? Well, here it is! Just kidding, of course, but little is actually known about this company. Apparently a private label brand, they offered very few calibers. I'm only aware of .32 RF and .22 RF though there may be one or two more. Box is missing one edge of lid but does contain 1 orig un-headstamped ctdg. Very rare maker and in a "picture box" as well!	$245 sold
32 Long		Peters "Rustless", post-war 1-pc box.	$165
32 Long RF		SEE ALSO "OBSOLETE" PAGE AND "BARGAIN BIN"
32 Long RF		Winchester. Post-war, 2-pc box, as above but factory SEALED.	$195
32 Extra Long		Winchester. Early/mid-1870s, this is a seldom seen box or caliber. Side-seal label is approx 95% and ctdgs are all original. Boxes like these, dating from the Indian Wars period, just feel like "history"! And it's cheap...	$150 sold
32 Long or Short	Navy Arms, Canuck/CIL, other makers	Also please see "Obsolete" page and check "Bargain Bin".
9 m/m Ball		Winchester. Early SEALED blk pwdr box, ca 1920. This is the much scarcer & more desirable "Domestic" box as opposed to the more commonly found "Export" (4-language) box. Note the call-out for the Winchester Model 36 beneath the cartridge pic. (Also, see Giles & Shuey, pg 242). This box has gone at auction for over $500!	$425
9 m/m Ball		Winchester. As above. Not sealed but side label virtually all there. Contents all original to the box including the advertising insert for "Cleaning Preparations" (& shot shells on the other side) which has been shrink-wrapped on the bottom side of the box.	sold
9 m/m Long Shot Lesmok		Winchester. This is the seldom encountered Lesmok loading. Though found in this "Smokeless" labeled box, these very scarce green Lesmok shells, to the author's knowledge, have been found in no other labeling (see Giles & Shuey, pg 241). This rare box has 14 original cartridges (which, for years, I've seen priced in the $10-15 range). For the advanced collector of the several interesting varieties of this great little cartridge!	sold
9 m/m Long RF Shot		Winchester. Red, paper-tubed "mini" shot shells for the Win Mod 36. Ca 1940s, bright & solid. NICE!	$215
38 Long		Crittenden & Tibbals, RARE "Crossed Rifles" picture bx w/18 un-headstamped rds (which I assume to be original). Box lid has been pasted back after having come loose and been folded. Other edge repairs evident but well done. All 4 sides display well with 95%+ side lbl remaining on the brown/gold mottled design box. Sticker on one end, mostly removed from other. This company name only in business 1864-1866 when bought by Schuyler Hartley & Graham. It then became part of Union Metallic Cartridge & Cap Co. in 1866 when that company was originally formed (before becoming UMC in Aug, 1867). An EMPTY, unrepaired (though by no means perfect) box would be priced at $1500!	sold
38 Long		Peters "Improved Semi-Smokeless". Very scarce labeling, only around for about 2-3 years in the mid-1920s. Solid 2-pc, full-cover box; all ammo appears native to the box. Rare find!	$175
41 Short		Navy Arms. Colorful early production (ca 1980). Clean & solid!	out
41 Short		Navy Arms. Recent (ca 2000) production but no longer being made. [One only]	$210
41 Short		UMC. Two-pc Blk Pwdr box, ca 1890s. Side-seal label approx 40-45% but top label EXCELLENT. All orig, correct "U"-headstamped ctdgs.	$350 sold
41 Short		Winchester. Scarce, early box, mid/late-1870s, with "Metallic Cartridges" callout and early, incorrect Stetson's Patent date (Oct 24). All rds original & correct to the box. Getting VERY hard to find this early!	$495 sold
41 Short		Another as above except significantly nicer. Side-seal is approx 80-85%. Great display box, NICE!	$525 sold
41 Swiss		Leon Beaux (Italy), special run for Winfield Arms of Los Angeles in the 1950s. Probably the last stuff made in this caliber. Box of 20 and all rds appear native to the box.	$185
41 Swiss		Remington. 1930s "Dogbone" box in exceptional condition w/ all native-to-the-box ctdgs. Very clean, with no flap or seam problems!	$210 sold
44 Henry		New Haven Arms (predecessor to Winchester). Circa 1863-65, these rare New Haven labelings are the "true" Henry boxes. Winchester evolved from New Haven Arms in 1866 at roughly the same time they introduced their new Model 1866, the Company's successor to the Henry Rifle. This particular box is reportedly from an original (partial) case found in the basement of the Browning Bros' Ogden, Utah building in the 1870s. The outstanding condition of this box does nothing to belie that claim. Cartridges also appear to be entirely native to the box. This is the exact box pictured at the top of pg 31 of Giles & Shuey and has been in my personal collection since the 1980s. Similar boxes in less condition have sold at auction in recent years for in excess of $12,000. Own the best for display with your Henry! [More pix on request but there are no other labels on these boxes.]	sold
44 Henry		U.S. Cartridge Co. Black Powder, 2-pc box by one of the earliest of the major cartridge manufacturers which was absorbed by Winchester in 1926 (this box is earlier). The brand was then phased out by late-1936 or early-'37. Seams are tight; side label approx 99%. Ctdgs are all correct "US" headstamped rds & appear native to the box. So here's an "almost Winchester" box of Henrys at about half the price of an early Winchester box and far more desirable than the common, comparably priced 1900s UMC or Remington-UMC boxes.	sold
56-50 Spencer (Model 1865)		Sage Ammunition Works. Ca mid/late-1860s, this square box contains 42 ctdgs in 6 sealed, unmarked packets of 7 rds each (the magazine capacity of the Spencer). While the label shows scuffing and there are small tape removal stains at the lid corners, the box is very solid with none of the usual bottom seam splits. A great early & historical display item--CHEAP!!	$595 sold
56-50 Spencer		Winchester, 25-rd box, blk pwdr. Solid box & labels. The Stetson's patent date is the early (and incorrect) Oct 24, 1874 (s/b Oct 31). The label on this box is dated 4-8 making it the latest incorrect Stetson's dating I have ever seen as most rim-fire labels were corrected during the 1880s! While side-seal is split on one side, the orng side lbl is 99% and this box remains FACTORY-SEALED!	$485 sold
	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