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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
2.7 m/m Kolibri		This little guy is the smallest center-fire cartridge ever made, ca 1913. Primer has been struck, but a nice clean example of a rare cartridge. Shown here between a dime and a .22 Short.	SOLD
5.5 m/m Velo Dog		Remington. "Dogbone" 25-bx w/ 21 orig FMJ rds remaining. Headstamp: "Rem-UMC V. D." (this was before penicillin...). Very scarce box!	$45 sold
6 m/m Lee (U.S.N.)		Winchester. Five "WRACo 6 m/m U.S.N." headstamped Full Metal Jkt rds in orig clip. "Pat. Oct 8 95" stamped on clip base as it should be. Getting quite rare. Have seen the clips alone, w/o ctdgs, go for over $150 on more than one occasion. (Photo'd in shrink-wrap; pls ignore label removal mark)	$175 sold
6 m/m Lee		Winchester. Evidence that this was already a slow-selling (read: scarce) caliber by the early 1930s is the fact that this 11-15 dated front label is was over-printed in the late-'20s with "Staynless" then again in the early-'30s with "Non-Mercuric". Solid box w/ good color, no seam splits and all ctdgs native to the box. [Brightness along bottom edge of lid is reflection from shrink-wrap].	$195
6.5 m/m x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer		Dominion. Ca 1950s, 160 gr SP.	$45 sold
7.62 Russian		Winchester. "1935" box w/ 11 orig, native-to-the-box ctdgs and 6 Rem-UMC fillers. Scarce box for the Model 1895 musket. While nearly all these guns were sent to (and stayed in) Russia, some made it back into the U.S. market, often seen cut down & sporterized.	$35 sold
7.7 m/m Jap		Norma, 180 gr SP, 2 boxes--1 full & 1 w/ 13 rds--total of 33 rds for 1 price. By reputation, this is the highest quality ammo available.	$35
30 Luger (7.65m/m)		Winchester. "1939" box in "Full Patch" (FMJ) loading. Solid box w/ no seam or flap problems & good color, clean rds.	$55 sold
30 (7.63m/m) Mauser /or/ 7.62 Tokarev		Interchangeable as to caliber, the boxes are labeled only as in the picture (though handwritten "30 Mauser" on sides). Possibly made in East Germany for the Russians, headstamp: H P II 59 (indicating 1959 mfr). Cheap fodder for that old Broomhandle: a total of 345 rds, nearly seven 50-rd bxs, for one price...	$110
30 Mauser (7.63 m/m)		Winchester. Two-pc box full of orig rds. Olin Inds mkd. Cheap!	$50 sold
7.65 Roth-Sauer		Winchester. RARE caliber! I have seen exactly 3 boxes of this, EVER! Side label 65-70%. Though first loaded by Win in 1908, the primary (top) label graphics pre-date that by about 2 years. 23 original ctdgs remain.	$185 sold
8 m/m Lebel		Remington Klnbore bxs. Clean ammo; have 2. (These are rifle ctdgs, not pistol)	$65
.380 Short C.F. (long case) Shot (aka 9m/m)		SFM (French). Commonly noted as being for "Webley, Colt, Tranter and other revolvers", these center-fire "#9 Shot" rds look like rimfire as the primer is internal (see pic). Headstamp is the "double G" intertwined Gevelot logo and "380". Unusual! [This box of 25 has tape on lid; also have another box w/20 rds, identical except #8 Shot, which I will throw in free!]	sold
9.8m/m Auto Colt		Winchester. A cartridge developed for a Euro version of Colt's auto pistol, it was never adopted by any nation & remains an interesting & somewhat rare anomaly among both Colt & Winchester ammo collectors. This box, lbl-dated 8-11 as all in this caliber are, is sealed and stamped on the bottom: "Muzzle Velocity 1200 F.S.". Great color, perfect condition!	$1250 sold
416 Rigby		John Rigby & Co., London. Nice older 10-box of this classic "Big Game" cartridge in the Gunmaker's own labeling.	$125 sold
.577 /.450 Martini-Henry		Kynoch. 10-rd box of paper-patched (dark green patches) Carbine 410 gr ctdgs w/ HS: "Kynoch 577/450". [These sell regularly for $15 apiece according to a dealer friend.]	$100