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Legend:
BP=Black Powder, Smkls=Smokeless, 2pc=Two piece lift-top box, Sld=Sealed, Lbl=Label, HS=Headstamp,
Color Codes: BL, GRN, WH, YEL, BLK, (etc...)
One Hundred Years of Winchester Cartridge Boxes, 1856-1956 Ray T. Giles
Caliber Description   $

9 m/m RF Long Shot

  Fiocchi, 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.)

$50

9 m/m RF L Shotshells
(Win M36)
Winchester. "9 m/m Long Shot Ctdgs", red paper-tubed mini-shotshells "Adapted to Model 36 Shot Gun". This is the earliest of the 3 varieties, ca 1920s (most of these boxes you see are marked "Olin Inds" and, as such, are 1945 or later). Not sealed but looks it--takes a magnifying glass to tell. Box is EXC in all regards including the shells, all of which appear native to the box. NICE! $285

310 Skeet
Rim Fire Shot

Remington. ".310 SKEET / SHOT GUN SHELLS", Rim Fire, "For use in .310 Skeet Remington Shotgun", 250-box, mfd for a mini-shotgun that Remington imported from Brazil in the 1960s for amusement park type "clay-bird" shooting. Never a success, both the guns and the cartridges are RARE.  I didn't count the ctdgs but the back edge remains sealed and the box feels quite full.
[Photo'd as wrapped in plastic.]

$300
sold

32 L Rim Fire SHOT! Winchester. Shot loadings in this caliber are quite rare; 22s are common as are some of the larger calibers used in foraging. This Blk Pwdr box is SEALED and in EXC condition!         $250
         sold
32 S Colt
 SHOT!
Winchester. A "SHOT" loading in 32 Short Colt?? Never seen one before. It's about as close to mint condition as is possible and, of course, it's FACTORY SEALED!

$125
sold

32-20 Model 1873 Rare Shot loading Winchester. Early-1880s, 2-pc Black Powder box. Side-seal label, both sides: "32 Winchester / Model 1873 / No. 10 Shot". Box is solid with no seam splits or repairs. Twenty-seven (27) of the RARE and original Full-Case shot cartridges remain. This box has been in my personal collection since "Day One", ca 1990, tagged with my inventory number 758. (Today's inventory # is 23903). $235
sold
38 Short RF Shot American Metallic Ctdg Co, ca 1880s, this is a RARE full box of 25 paper-sabot shot shells and, while the highly desirable "Eagle Logo" label has a chip and some rubs, the cartridges appear to never have left the box! $145
sold
38 S&W Shot ROBIN HOOD Ammunition Co. Black Powder "Shot" loading, FACTORY SEALED! Anything by Robin Hood is highly collectible regardless of caliber, especially so in condition such as this!     $225
     sold
38-40 Shot Peters. RARE 2-pc box, ca 'Teens. Box is solid with all seams and corners tight and unrepaired with back edge still sealed. The only such I have ever had or seen!
[From the Reichenbach collection]
$300
sold
44 GameGetter Shot Winchester. "No. 6 Shot" loading call-out on left end. Early 2-pc box, primary label dated 6-11, side-seal 11-13. All original, native cartridges. Nice!

[From my personal collection, photo'd in shrink-wrap]

$500
sold
44-40 (Game-Getter) Shot Winchester. Early-1930s, all original inside and out, clean ctdgs, NICE! (And CHEAP!) $475
sold
44 XL Shot Peters. Thought to be ca. mid-'Teens, this 2-pc "Semi-Smokeless" box is full of properly headstamped ctdgs albeit some have nickeled primers and some copper. The paper sabots containing the shot are all tight--very unusual, as these are fragile and most often found partially split or even open (or worse). This is the first box I've ever had by Peters and only the 2nd by any maker in the past 5 years (or longer)! $465
45-70 Shot       Peters. This RARE and early 2-pc box is thought to be ca 1899 and, as called out only by the end-label stickers, is in Peters' "newly-introduced" Semi-Smokeless powder loading. Also, the only "SHOT" callout is found on pasted-on stickers on the ends.  The box is tight in all all respects with no repairs or problems.
[From the Reichenbach collection]
$235

.410 1st run.

Dallas address,
Very Rare!!

Bismuth Cartridge Co. I personally bought these directly out of the store-room of their Dallas executive offices in the 1990 and was told that this was a trial run and only 20 boxes were made. They are somewhat over-sized and this box was rejected. $165
.410 Climax
(Rare 2" paper)
 

United States Cartridge Co, "Climax". Sealed, mid/late-1920's two-piece box. This graphic and loading is almost always found with brass shells, however this box contains the far rarer 2" PAPER shells
[Photo'd in shrink-wrap]

$375
sold
.410 RARE "Black Box" for the "Winchester Junior Trapshooting Outfit!"
Winchester. This is the 1920s "Black/ 'Red-W' Box", the only labeling that is truly appropriate and original for the "Winchester Junior Trapshooting Outfit"! The box retains 24 of its clean, original shells; however, the only part of the wrap-around label that remains is, fortunately, the primary (top) portion, that part which would be seen when in place within the cased set. RARE! $195
sold
28 Ga. 1st run.
Dallas address,
Very Rare!!
Bismuth Cartridge Co. Error box: top shows "Premium Target Load" but front says "Premium Upland Game Load".  I personally bought these directly out of the store-room of their Dallas executive offices in the 1990 and was told that this was only a trial run and only 10 boxes were made. To my knowledge they never went forward with it. $185
28 Ga Winchester "Repeater". This 2-pc box is ca 1914-15 and, while the label is "dusky" on all sides, the box remains FACTORY-SEALED!   CHEAP!

$195
sold

28 Ga Skeet Winchester. "Flying Quail" Skeet load, 1-pc box, ca 1930. FULL & original in all respects!

$285
sold

20 Ga
"Error box"
Bismuth Cartridge Co. "No Tox" , early replacement for lead shot. I can't find what happened to the company but evidently they were bought out (anybody know?). At any rate they started here in Dallas in 1991 or 1992 and I went up to visit them. Their offices were in a near-downtown office bldg, not any sort of mfg facility. Told them  I dealt in collectible ammo and was shown into a small store-room to look at examples of some of their earliest experimental and trial runs, including a couple of "error" boxes (of which this is one). I asked if I could buy a few and they agreed to sell whatever I wanted as they really had no further use for them. So as I picked up various boxes I was told "the story" behind why they never became a production item. This box is the first of several which I will be offering and contains yellow-cased shells with the broad-line "BISMUTH" on the case wall. Only 2 boxes and 50 of these shells were ever produced!!

$50
sold

20 Ga Winchester Super Skeet, "QUAIL" box, ca 1939-'45. Solid with no seam or flap problems or rim protrusions. Shells all original. Nice!

$135
sold

20 Ga Win "Speed Loads" Winchester. "Repeater / Speed Loads", ca mid-1920's. This is the desirable "Three Geese" graphic in the very scarce 20 ga. (2 1/2" 6 Chill) loading. FACTORY-SEALED! 
[Photo'd in shrink-wrap]
$450
sold
16 Ga Peters "Target". The famous "Quail" box, ca 1920s, in the scarcer 16 ga, #9 chilled shot loading. While there's a 1/8' hole/glitch on the bottom (see pic) this factory-SEALED box is otherwise nothing less than perfect!! 
[Photo'd in shrink-wrap]
       $450
sold
  
16 Ga
Rare "O Buck!
Peters Victor. Mid-'30s, 2-pc FACTORY-SEALED, MINTY box in RARE "0 Buck" loading! A beauty!

$100
sold

16 Ga
U.S.Cartridge Co. “AJAX HEAVIES”, very scarce and desirable in any gauge but RARE in 16 Ga! NO shell protrusions or other edge/seam problems. Full of correct, original shells, all of which appear native to the box. (This is the only shot shell box I deemed worthy of bringing back from the big Las Vegas Antique Arms Show!)

$1295
sold

16 Ga Winchester. "Speed Loads" in the desirable early-'30s 10-pack but also in the very RARE combination of 16 Ga and #1Buck! Solid in all respects and full of its original shells. The opportunity is as rare as the box!!         $225
          sold
16 Gauge BRASS
Primed Shells
Winchester. Full-cover, 2-pc box ca mid-1920s. Full of its clean, original "Primed BRASS Shells" with the headstamp: "WINCHESTER No. 16". Box is very solid and showing no signs of repair.
Brass shells are RARE in 16 Ga!
(Note: Primed Shells are NOT loaded loaded with shot or powder!)
$185
12 Ga Holiday Stores. This may be the prettiest of the Les Kouba designed boxes: the Mallard & Pheasant 12 Ga box. Excellent condition, full & correct!     $110
     sold
12 Ga   Montgomery Ward. The famous "Red Head" graphics, among the most attractive labelings in the field of shot shell box collecting. Not generally considered rare, but seldom seen in this pristine condition. And it's SEALED!
[Photo'd in shrink-wrap; pls ignore seam]

$295
sold

12 Ga Peters. This is the much sought-after "Halloween" box of trap loads by Peters, one of the most popular of all shotshell graphics. Two-pc box, empty but solid w/ correct bottom. Box is in EXCELLENT condition with absolutely OUTSTANDING COLOR! Also, there are no seams splits as are often found in these two-piece shot shell boxes. I've never seen a nicer, cleaner, brighter Peters Halloween box!

$695
sold

12 Ga UMC. Black Powder loading (3-1/4 drs - 1 oz - 7 Shot) thought to be early/mid-1890s. EMPTY, but EXC+ unrepaired condition and rated "R-8" in Bacyk's Encyclopedia of Shotgun Shell Boxes!!

$375
sold

12 Ga

UMC Nitro Club "Duck"
  U.M.C. The famous Nitro Club "Duck" box, one of the most desirable, in-demand boxes of all shot shell boxes!! Superb graphics and color. Empty, with no splits,  repairs or other problems. Encyclopedia of Shotgun Shell Boxes (T. & D. Bacyk, published May, 2000) lists this box @ $900-$1200 over 20 years ago! RARE box, especially so nice!!

$1250
sold

12 Ga "Defiance Trap" United States Cartridge Co. "Defiance Trap Load" 12 ga.  Full & Correct, early to mid-1930's, this style of boxes was the last made by USC Co. Given the exceptional condition of this 1-piece box and the fact that it contains all its original shells, you'll look a long time to find another as nice! Prior to ending their production in 1936, USC made only five box styles including this one--all were one-piece and are considered by collectors as having some of the most desirable and pleasing graphics of all shot shell boxes, a fact which obviously also makes them among the most collectible!    

[Photo'd in shrink-wrap]

$985
sold
12 Ga Western. VERY RARE & SEALED is this box of "ROCK SALT LOAD". Identifiable only from the coding on the side, it is known to be Western Ctdg Co. product. Used to hear about these as a kid: we used to hunt lost golf balls in the woods adjacent to the golf course. The owner was known to use rock salt loads to discourage such intruders. You'll not likely see another!
[From my personal collection, offered at my cost]
    $150
    sold
12 Ga BRASS Winchester. This is a box of Brass Shells, not loaded. May be primed but not so stated, can't look because this box remains FACTORY-SEALED! The 2 in "12" and the R (in "BRASS") have been touched up but there are no problems or repairs. Interestingly, as can be seen in the pic of the bottom (left & right edges), the full wrap-around sealing label is covering an earlier label. "The Encyclopedia of Shotgun Shell Boxes" considers this box as "RARE", giving it a rating of "Rarity-6" on their scale of one (1=common) to eight (8=very rare). These brass shot shells are becoming very rare and the calls I get for them are many!

    $350
    sold

10 Ga Brass Shells Remington-UMC. 2-pc box, ca WWI, containing 19 original "CLUB" head-stamped primed brass shells which are loaded with Black Powder and capped off with wads to within about 1-1/2" of the case mouth. My belief is that these were sold as primed shells (there's no labeling to support ANY loading) and then loaded by the purchaser with black powder but not filled with shot. The "CLUB" headstamp in brass, by the way, is actually quite scarce. Being sold as 19 unloaded brass 10 gauge shells with the box thrown in free! $150
sold
10 Ga Rem Express
1940s, 2-7/8"
Remington Express, fresh from an orig case. Loading: 4-3/4 -- 1-5/8 -- #4. Shows a bit of case wear and edge rubbing but shells are minty & untouched.
(Have 2)
$85
10 Ga Nitro Express
1930s, 2-7/8"
Remington Nitro Express, fresh from an orig case. Loading: 4-3/4 -- 1-5/8 -- #6C. Shows virtually no case wear, shells are minty & untouched. $100
sold
10 Ga
2-7/8"
Sears, Roebuck "Pointer". Among the best known and most desirable of all shotshell box graphics is this famous Pointer box! The Encyclopedia of Shotgun Shell Boxes (Bacyk, 2000), lists the far more common 12 ga box as a Rarity 5 (Very Scarce) and priced it 19 years ago (empty) at $500-$750. This 10 Gauge box is FAR rarer and while I'll not hazard a guess as to what its value might be listed at in any price guide, one would certainly expect it to be well in excess of the range for a 12 Ga box! Empty, the box condition is Excellent and the bottom label (pic on request) is entirely correct. A real find, and CHEAP!

[From my personal collection]

    $495
     sold
10 Ga (BRASS) U.M.C.  Ca 1890s, this RARE "Brass Shells" box is of the utmost collectability and desirability! The brass shells have been reloaded: 19 are the original 2-7/8" shells but six are 2.6". As all serious shotshell box collectors know, very many such boxes are highly collectible even when found empty. This one should go fast! $275
sold
10 Ga Blanks
 
Winchester. Black Powder Blanks, ca 1930s, the best possible display box for the Winchester Cannon. Full & correct.       sold
10 Ga 2-7/8"
Blk Pwdr Blanks
for Win Cannon
Winchester. Black Powder blanks for the Winchester Cannon. 

$85