woodchuckc
Well-Known Member
I posted this over in the General Forum, but figured there may be some people that check in here but don't check the posts over there very often.
I have been going through some of my Dad's old reloading stuff that I brought home after he passed away January before last, and though that some of you might enjoy seeing a few pictures of some old cartridge boxes and stuff that I found. I think that most of this was from back in the 1950's or early 1960's - he had all of this stuff as long as I can remember and I was born in 1958.
Some 30-06, 7.65 Argintine and British 303 cartridge boxes (notice the $1.89 price tag on the Winchester British 303 box!):
End view, along with a box of 22 HP Shorts from the late 1930's:
He had about 20 boxes of this Italian FMJ military ammo - I have no idea of how old it is, but I assume that it is WWII vintage (that's a 30-06 cartridge beside it for comparison - those are some long bullets!):
He had a couple of ammo belts from the post-WWI era - note the manufacture date:
Also several WWII / Korean "conflict" belts full of clips of 30-06 ammo:
I can't remember if these blue marked 303 rounds are tracer rounds or if they were armor-piercing rounds - guess I'll have to shoot a couple to find out:
Just a comparison of some rounds (17 HMR, I think 30 Carbine, 30-06, and 50 cal Big Boy):
Anybody remember the "World Famous" Herter's stuff? He reloaded various rifle calibers using a Model 81 press and dies. I used to love paging through their old catalogs as a kid back in the 1960's and reading the descriptions and seeing the pictures of all the big game that was taken using their equipment:
Hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane!
I have been going through some of my Dad's old reloading stuff that I brought home after he passed away January before last, and though that some of you might enjoy seeing a few pictures of some old cartridge boxes and stuff that I found. I think that most of this was from back in the 1950's or early 1960's - he had all of this stuff as long as I can remember and I was born in 1958.
Some 30-06, 7.65 Argintine and British 303 cartridge boxes (notice the $1.89 price tag on the Winchester British 303 box!):
End view, along with a box of 22 HP Shorts from the late 1930's:
He had about 20 boxes of this Italian FMJ military ammo - I have no idea of how old it is, but I assume that it is WWII vintage (that's a 30-06 cartridge beside it for comparison - those are some long bullets!):
He had a couple of ammo belts from the post-WWI era - note the manufacture date:
Also several WWII / Korean "conflict" belts full of clips of 30-06 ammo:
I can't remember if these blue marked 303 rounds are tracer rounds or if they were armor-piercing rounds - guess I'll have to shoot a couple to find out:
Just a comparison of some rounds (17 HMR, I think 30 Carbine, 30-06, and 50 cal Big Boy):
Anybody remember the "World Famous" Herter's stuff? He reloaded various rifle calibers using a Model 81 press and dies. I used to love paging through their old catalogs as a kid back in the 1960's and reading the descriptions and seeing the pictures of all the big game that was taken using their equipment:
Hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane!
