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Caliber .22 to .30

 

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1900 to 1950 Cartridge Box Collection

Kleanbore .22 ad  Western xpert .22 ad

The major cartridge (ammunition) players during the first half of the 1900's were:

 

Peters, UMC, US, Western, Remington, Frankford, and Winchester

 

This collection of boxes was started from a 1930's Colt catalog and reflects some of the ammo that would have been available during this period for Colt double-action revolvers and target pistols, such as the

 

Colt Police Positive Colt and Target revolvers

 

The (gr.) 'grain' weight is the indication of the lead bullet size.  Box images are reduced or expanded in size for display purposes.

 

Boxes are no longer being collected by this collector.

 

Cartridges in Colt 1933 (left) and 1941 (right) catalogs with the revolvers they fit. 

 Also note, that the display for each revolver in the catalog shows a detailed list

of other ammo which will fit for a given Colt revolver caliber. 

 

  Colt pistol cartridges and revolvers they fit      cartiridges which fit specific revolvers and rifles-2

 

1930s Camp Perry wood cartridge box for target .22 cartridges

 

P. J. Ohare camp perry .22 wood ammo box

 

 

Help: Dating cartridge boxes: 1900's to 1940s

 

This collection focuses on early larger caliber ammo to the

exclusion of the huge majority of .22 ammo.

Boxes below are sorted by caliber diameter: 

smallest to largest, e.g. .22 to .357 Magnum

 

Caliber Maker Box Top

Caliber .22 to .30

.22 Short

Remington

Remington 22 short dog-bone_box

.22 Long Shot

Peters

Peters rim fire .22 Long shot cartridges box

.22 Long Rim Fire

Remington

.22 long shot dogbone box

.22 Long high speed dog bone, (full box)

Remington

Remington long rim fire .22

.22 Long Rifle rim fire (full box)

Peters

Peters rustless .22 Long Rifle rim fire Police graphic box

.22 Long Rifle

Remington

Ammo_Remington_22_LR_box

.22 Long Rifle 40g

Western

Western _22 LR_40g_ammo_box.jpg

.22 Long

Winchester

Winchester .22 long superspeed

.22 Long Rifle

Winchester

Winchester super speed 22 long rifle box

.22 Long Rifle Palma Lubricated cartridge (empty brick)

Remington

Remington_palma_rimfire-500_22LR_ammo-box

.22 Long Rifle

Peters

Peters _Target_22_LR-ammo_box

.22 Long Rifle Police Target master (full box)

Remington

Remington 22 long rifle police target master box

.22 Long Rifle

40 gr.

Rim Fire, marked: US Marine Corps (empty brick)

Western

Westrern .22 LR marked: US Marine Corps ammo box

.22 Super Speed High Power pointed soft point 70 gr. For Savage High Power Rifles (full box)

Winchester

Winchester .22 Super Speed High Power pointed soft point

.220 Winchester Swift 48 gr. (shells only 19#, no bullets)

Winchester

.220 Winchester Swift ammo box

.243 Winchester 80 gr.

Peters

Peters high-velocity 243 Winchester ammo box

.25 Automatic Colt Smokeless, Soft Point bullet

Remington UMC

Remington .25 Automatic Colt Smokeless, Soft Point ammo

.25 Automatic Colt Smokeless Metal Cased bullet, (full box)

Remington UMC

Remington-UMC-25-Automatic

.25 Auto. Colt, 6.35 mm Browning  (partial 25# box

Winchester

Winchester .25 Auto. Colt, 6.35 mm Browning ammo box

.25 Colt Automatic, 6.35 mm, oil-tite, Rustless (full box)

Peters

Peters .25 Colt Automatic, 6.35 mm, oil-tite, Rustless ammo box

.25 Automatic Colt, 6.35 mm Browning 50 gr.

Winchester

Winchester .25 automatic Colt 6.35mm browning

.25 Automatic Colt, 6.35 mm Browning 50 gr., (full box) unopened

Winchester

Winchester .25 Automatic Colt 6.35 full box

.25 Automatic Cartridges for Colt and other automatic arms,  (full box)

Peters

Peters .25 Automatic Cartridges for Colt and other automatic arms ammo box

.25 Automatic

50 gr. (one full box, 2nd partial box with shells only)

Western

Western_25-automatic

.25 Short Stevens  65 gr. Staynless rifle cartridges, Stetson's pat., (full box)

Winchester

Winchester .25 Short Stevens, Stetson's pat. ammo box

.25-20 Winchester 86 gr. soft point (full box) rare caliber for Win. M92 & M52 and Marlin rifles

Winchester

Winchester .25-20 Winchester 86 gr. soft point Win. M92 & M52 and Marlin rifles ammo box

.25-35 Winchester Super Speed 117 gr. (full box)

Winchester

.25-35 Winchester Super Speed ammo box

.25-35 Winchester 117 gr.

Peters

Peters .25-35 Winchester 117 gr. ammo box

.25-35 Winchester Express 117 gr. (partial box #9)

Remington

Remington Kleenbore .25-35 Winchester Express 117 gr. ammo box

.250 Savage 100 gr.

Peters

Peters .250 Savage 100 gr.ammo box

.250 Savage Express 100 gr. (empty)

Remington

'Train box'

Remington train box 250 Savage Express ammo box with two trains box

.257 Winchester Roberts hollow point 87 gr.  (full box)

Winchester

Winchester .257 Winchester Roberts hollow point 87 gr. ammo box

.257 Winchester Roberts Silvertip 100 gr.

Winchester

'Bear Box'

257 Winchester Roberts Silvertip bear ammo box

Caliber .22 to .30 Cont'd

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