A look at how ammo used to be packed cool.

[K98ACTION]

Hey I found an old box of 16ga CANUCKS in my ammo locker..

I LIKE THE HEADSTAMP, CANADA THEN BELOW CANUCK... THATS RIGHT THOSE CANADIAN CANUCKS EH...

 

[thedutchess]

There should be a little flower icon. That is the close up function. Need that.

To prevent the flash from wiping out close up pictures, put a piece or two of white paper over the flash. That will tone it down. I have a old digital devoted to close up pictures for CGN. I have taped the paper in place.

thanks for the tip. i just looked and yes there is a flower option. there are so many different settings on this camera and i didnt know what to use. but now i know.

i retook a few for him

 

[tnegrin83]

Some old 12ga my dad gave me

 

[kjohn]

Boy! Are you guys ever lucky I'm not at home!! I have a ton of nice old ammo stuff. However, here's a couple from my Photobucket stuff:

 

[kjohn]

I must confess that I have a weakness for nice old Dominion cartridge boxes, as well as anything C-I-L. Also nearly everything else!!!!! I have several nice old Dominion boxes for .303 British and 8mm Mauser that I bought as a young man in the sixties. Some still have the fired brass with them. Back then, I had (and still have) a "Churchill" No.1 Mk.III and two 8 mm Mausers. I also have 30-30 boxes that I bought new back then for my brand spankin' new matched set of Canadian Centennials. Oh man, I've got lots of goodies!!

 

[kjohn]

Nifty old powder can:

 

[K98ACTION]

Do share kjohn!

 

[senior]

Little box is CIL 25-20 Pneumatic
& who ever heard of Pneumatic

 

[Hi-Standard]

I heard ol' ross and gentleman mentioned. Don't know if I'm a gentleman or not but here is the Ross, with how 303 British used to be boxed

 

[K98ACTION]

If you ever want to sell that Ross, you certainly would be a gentleman....

 

[Hi-Standard]

I think that being a gentleman is highly overated anyway K98

 

[jimmyjazz]

I think that being a gentleman is highly overated anyway K98

Yeah, me too
I tried it once and it didn't work for me.

 

[H4831]

Who has Woodward's shot shells? Some loose ones.

 

[H4831]

Kjohn, here are some powder cans.
Here is a top and bottom view of, probably my oldest and deares can. It is a nice metal keg and the brass screw cap has cut threads on the brass rim it threads onto. It is half full of powder and when we had this on the threads some months ago, I burned some powder and it acted perfectly normal.

 

[senior]

Now those are some kool cans 4831

Some of those shotgun shell I'm still using for grouse

 

[kjohn]

H4831: Neat pics. I'd be sleeping with that old powder keg by my pillow!!

 

[mauser]

Here's a bunch of old Dominion/CIL .22rf I bought in the '70s off the shelves of various ammo dealers around southern Vancouver Island. All were immediately wrapped in plastic wrap and stashed away. They're now living in retirement here on the big sandbar.

Most have some kind of colored overprint on them, such as the word "MUSHROOM," or "PLATED," and "HOLLOW POINT." Those words almost look like a rubber-stamped afterthought...

I think this was one of their classiest boxes ever produced. I'm happy I've been able to save them in their pristine condition. No two are alike, each is different from the others.

Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser

 

[heavyBullet]

This is all I have of the old stuff I used to have,

Found the 12g. Canuck floating around the ammo box also, it was the last shell that my Grandfather had for his Parkerbrothers side by side.

 

[H4831]

Some really good pictures of ammo packaging, as it once was, coming out of the woodwork here!
Senior, you sure have a great collection of CIL boxes. They made so many subtle changes through the years and you have many of them.
No one yet has shown a box of CIL Bisley yet. This was, maybe even their first, 22 target ammo. I happen to know it came out prior to WW2.

 

[kjohn]

Neat little boxes of 222 Rem.