old CIL 22 ammo

[Spaenaur]

Hi,

A collegue gave me 8 old boxes of CIL ammo. I did not think that it was that old!
Can someone tell me something about this ammo? What year it was made?

I was wondering if it has any value?

 

[kamlooky]

Check out the thread started by Beater.
He had some on there.

Myself?
I'd chewt thuh chit and sell the bawx.

 

[84wankel]

might not be worth much but it sure is cool! if it was given to me id probably shoot all but one box and then save the last one complete. just because. then again, you never know what a collector will pay for some stuff. worth sniffing out a value before you make a choice

 

[wildwestprofessionals]

Here is a link to a Canadian site for 22 caliber ammo boxes made in canada that will explain what year they are made Cheers
http://22box-id.com/world/Canada.pdf

 

[wildwestprofessionals]

Value is on average of about $10. a box for that year if you want to sell them... you can ask more but they don't sell... Cheers

 

[577/450]

WHIZ BANG thousands of gophrs died of lead poison when I was young and had good eyes

 

[toyboy]

go to the gun show on the south shore (i believe it's nov 04--check lca-canada.com).
there are collectors there and full boxes are worth more to them.you might get 2x or 3x the value of a newer brand.
then you can buy 2x or 3x the amount that you sold...

 

[cosmic]

I remember going into a hardware store with my Dad in the early 60's. The store had a display of Whiz-Bangs right on the counter beside the cash register. Obviously popular sellers...

 

[Eagleye]

I shot thousands of those Whiz-Bang 22's in the early years. They accounted for many, many ground squirrels and gophers.
That was quite good quality ammo in the day, until IVI took over. I had a Mossberg 151M with a B4 Weaver on top. It loved
the Whiz-Bang LR ammo. Dave.

 

[grelmar]

Find a gun to go with it, a nice old Cooey, or a C.I.L. branded Anschutz.

That gun, and the CIL shotshell ammo, spent the first half of its life in a barn, top shelf of a tool box, handy for zapping barn mice without chewing up the floorboards. Bought it off the original owner, who couldn't use it for its intended purpose anymore, so it got tucked away for a couple of decades until I bought it.

I keep it to remind me there was a time when this was a free country.

 

[Crashman]

Great ammo! I shot a lot of that stuff through my Gramps Cooey 600, lots of squirrels and 'coons died to that combo. Personally I would shoot it, especially on those days you are feeling nostalgic about your hunting history and remembering those people that got you started in it.

 

[Spaenaur]

Thanks you everybody’s!
I will try 1 box and keep the other one!

 

[ivobb]

was given a box the other day with 41 rounds in it

 

[Rickeyboy22]

Hi,

A collegue gave me 8 old boxes of CIL ammo. I did not think that it was that old!
Can someone tell me something about this ammo? What year it was made?

I was wondering if it has any value?

I'm 75. Back in the early 50s, my dad kept an old .22 at our country house that we used to plink with. I remember that these were the little boxes of 50 that my dad used to buy at the local hardware store. Notice that there was hardly any French writing on the box and these were manufactured in Montreal. You wouldn't see that today.