Digging deep into the stash

[armalitesheepdog]

I have a couple boxes of SuperX .22 form Kmart. Sticker says 49 cents (50 rounds) Imagine that. A brick of .22s for 5 bucks...I think from the 70s

 

[BugI02]

FAMAE 7x57 Mauser ammo headstamped 1976

 

[DoggyDaddy]

FAMAE 7x57 Mauser ammo headstamped 1976

I sold all my 7mm ammo a few years ago, but it was all headstamped from the 1930's I believe. I think I got it from Samco when they were still in business.

 

[BugI02]

I sold all my 7mm ammo a few years ago, but it was all headstamped from the 1930's I believe. I think I got it from Samco when they were still in business.

That was likely Spanish made if it was surplus. Do you remember if it was round nose or spitzer

The headstamp on the Spanish stuff would have been FNT for Fábrica Nacional de Toledo

 

[indyartisan]

41 Remington rim fire .

 

[2in1evtime]

I sold all my 7mm ammo a few years ago, but it was all headstamped from the 1930's I believe. I think I got it from Samco when they were still in business.

Yeah i got a thousand rounds from samco also, mine was from the 1920's all was very clean and shot fine. I have been going thru my supplies and finding ammo and primers stashed in cans at bottom of ammo can stacks in the back, so trying to rotate a lot of it to the front to be used first, 30 06, 8mm,7mm,308, 223 and more

 

[DoggyDaddy]

That was likely Spanish made if it was surplus. Do you remember if it was round nose or spitzer

The headstamp on the Spanish stuff would have been FNT for Fábrica Nacional de Toledo

It was spitzer. I don't remember the headstamps.

 

[Mongo59]

I have some 8x56r just like above, Belgian made 7mm Mauser in the trapezoid box, paper 2 5/8 shotgun shells from the 20's and hundreds of rounds from the 60's and 70's...

 

[BugI02]

It was spitzer. I don't remember the headstamps.

Do you still have the rifle the ammunition was for? Mauser?

A while back I was drooling over a 7x57 hunting rifle on a Mauser action purpose built by FN, not made from a surplus action, but it was quite a bit more than I wanted to pay

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Do you still have the rifle the ammunition was for? Mauser?

A while back I was drooling over a 7x57 hunting rifle on a Mauser action purpose built by FN, not made from a surplus action, but it was quite a bit more than I wanted to pay

No I don't. It was a Spanish model 1893.

 

[BugI02]

When I stopped juggling a Mauser collection I kept a few just for fun (8). I still have an 1895 Chilean, which is nice but I would hesitate to shoot, and a 1908 Brazilian contract that I have shot quite a bit

Still very much a wood and metal guy when it comes to rifles

 

[42253]

I have had 9 boxes of these for 40 years. I bought them from Kmart in Dolton IL. They were on sale for $1.57 each I got a brick of 10. You can see what the regular price was $2.27 each. This goes without saying I don't shoot 22 much I like the big stuff.

 

[223 Gunner]

I have some Radway Green .308 dating from the 80's.

 

[Wolfhound]

This is the oldest stamped cartridge I have. 1887 Martini-Henry.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

This is the oldest stamped cartridge I have. 1887 Martini-Henry.

577-450?

 

[Wolfhound]

577-450?

Yes Sir with a paper patched bullet. I believe that's what the British used in the Zulu War.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yes Sir with a paper patched bullet. I believe that's what the British used in the Zulu War.

Very cool! Have you seen the movie "Zulu" with Michael Caine? Indy1919a4 gave me a copy. It put me on a bayonet buying spree!

 

[Wolfhound]

Very cool! Have you seen the movie "Zulu" with Michael Caine? Indy1919a4 gave me a copy. It put me on a bayonet buying spree!

Oh yes! One of my favorite movies!!

 

[Leo]

I have a couple boxes of SuperX .22 form Kmart. Sticker says 49 cents (50 rounds) Imagine that. A brick of .22s for 5 bucks...I think from the 70s

I bought a lot of bricks for $6 to $8 in the mid 70's. They were not SuperX, but the cheaper lines.

When I was in High school, a new Coupe de'Ville was $7800 list. Wouldn't it be great to have those prices with today's paychecks?

 

[Colt556]

One box of Shelbyville made Super-Vel 9mm, tried to sell it during last panic, nobody wanted it, it now lives in the back of the safe, where it will stay till hell freezes over, or the Russians invade. View attachment 187049

I have some of that somewhere around here. Good stuff!