20 shells per box....WHAT?

[Potashminer]

I'm impressed the price tag didnt Trigger a schitz storm of outrage .
When times where simple.

Yep - about "schitz storm" enough here when buddy dropped off that box and a shotgun chambered for it, that he wants some mods done - said I might want some ammo to test it - that box is "full" - so I suspect both shotgun and that box have some years (decades) on them ...

A true "Canadian Prairie Farm" piece - multiple cracked / split butt stock through the pistol grip - held together with hockey tape ... What glue is in there is so thick is holding the cracks apart - cracked / broken pieces never adequately aligned when glue was wet - or it moved after being wrapped in hockey tape. Stock bolt is bent - kink is right where it was turned into rear of receiver - must have been a considerable "smack" or maybe snowmobile roll-over / fall off a horse to explain all that - of course, "what happened" is lost to history - just going to try to put pieces back together. Current battle is to get residue of that hockey tape out of the wood - has stained it to be different strips of colour - so likely was there a long time.

 

[Waterfowler]

I am going to guess, circa 1980's or 1990's, Canadian Tire promo 12 gauge shotgun was 20 rounds in a box. Here, there is some Federal Premium 20 gauge 3" No. 2 Buck that is 5 rounds per box - was purchased at Wholesale Sports store in Regina, Sask - however long ago that was. Here, there is also some HeviShot Bismuth 2-3/4" 28 gauge No. 7 shot that is in 10 round boxes - "eye-watering" price sticker on those!! A flat of Challenger 2-3/4" 12 gauge "Target" purchased at Canadian Tire this past summer was 25 rounds per box, though. A "box" is a pretty crude unit to think that you know what you paid per round, or how many rounds that you have left. The "kit" that I got - I think by BPI - loads 25 rounds into those boxes of 2-3/4" 28 gauge, when I reload them.

Those CTC shells were good ammo. Killed a lot of ducks with em. 20 per box, low brass and super smooth red.

And Imperials have been 20/box for awhile.

 

[mbogo3]

Remington .410 are 20 per box as well....black hulls. Also rip you off with a lb of bacon that isn't.

 

[marshall]

same thing with 22 rimfire @ 40rds/ box, cost less because you get less, too bad really.

 

[cement head]

Remington .410 are 20 per box as well....black hulls. Also rip you off with a lb of bacon that isn't.

Yup your right. you noticed and some of the rest of us noticed but too many people are out to lunch and don't notice. I used to work in the meat department of a large grocery store in the late 70ties to early 80ties. bacon was 454 or something like that now it's 375 grams. and not as good . seems like when you cook it lots of water is in the pan . and I remember that the crappy tire 12 gauge shells had 20 not 25 in the boxes. but heck for $4 dollars or so back in the day who cared . now you get aluminum bottoms instead of brass . and triple the price or more .