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Firstly, I'm not gonna post the link. Someone here may be bidding and I don't want to mess with their business.
...and maybe I'll want to bid after this discussion too :p
So here it is. Unknown caliber, unknown amount, and only the attached picture.
The kicker? It's up to $180!! So someone must know what it is.
Any ideas?
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The clue may lie in the labelling. Unfortunately I can't read anything. Maybe your copy of the image is more legible? Why not ask the seller?
Like Patrick says, what it is may be on the label. Otherwise, it's a $180 box. Auctions never cease to amaze. People get wound up in 'em.
You got that right. I’m at one right now. Every single gun has sold for $50 more than it’s worth. Regular old 22s and no-name double barrels.
Clever wording and those not wanting to miss a bargain always get caught up in a bidding war with the result the price gets inflated to well beyond the true market value of course the sales pitch is geared that each article came of Noahs ark, will never be produced again so is as rare as rocking horse doo doo. I now set a limit and have a small amount of wiggle room however if its a piece that I feel fits into a section of my collection I am trying to complete like a set of books then I tend to get a bit heavy handed on the mouse with the resultant broadside from the MFF&W.
I go to obscure sites or obscure descriptors as some sellers get the thing wrong and you can stumble across real bargains they are out there.....
Hi Cinders! I was pleased to see that you have adopted the very useful PWF acronym in another post, perhaps you could expand MFF&W for my enlightenment. Manager For Food & Welfare, perhaps?
Patrick
Minister For Food & Welfare?
Minister For Finance & War most commonly called "The Wife" :D
No word yet from the auctioneer.
I suspect it's what we've already said here - a couple guys getting all worked up over the mystery.
Tell them it probably holds the Holy Grail as used by the SAS, that'll do it :lol:
There could be a very expensive brick inside that box.
It reminds me of a company proposal at the time of the South Sea Bubble, when the speculative craze was reaching its height:
"For carrying on an undertaking of great advantage; but nobody to know what it is."
I mean, I gotta say I’m tempted. The mystery is enticing.
If it’s full of Waffen stamped 8x56r, for example, there’s a good bit of money inside that tin.
There’s not many more military calibers I can think of off-hand that would make $180 a profitable price though. Armor piercing 30-06 but that’s almost certainly not inside there.
Anybody got the weight of the box that might give us a more accurate edge on whats inside?
The size and the color seem to make it as being made in one of the Warsaw Pack countries. It seems to be a bit smaller then one would see for rifle rounds but that could be the way the photo shows too. Wish there were more photos of it.
Well, I went for it.
I'm currently the highest bidder at $190.
We can all share in it together if I win.
Hopefully I can recoup (or shoot up!) some of that money haha.
And I did win it!
I almost certainly paid too much but at least we’ll all learn something.
I’ll be setting up at a local gun show in December, though, so if I can’t use it I should be able to pass it on to those who can.
Will update when it comes in.
Awaiting the video or photos from whats inside. Hope its worth a fortune for you!
A box of 500 rds of .236 Navy...in original boxes.Quote:
Originally Posted by rcathey
Don’t toy with me, Jim!Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
My imagination sometimes gets away from me...
just hope its not a box of c rats
Haha, yeah, that would be a big loser for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmppres
Ideally it’s something I can use AND worth more than I paid.
Second best would be something I can’t use AND worth more than I paid.
It’s most likely something I can’t use and worth less than I paid haha. But we’ll all learn something regardless and that’s worth something!
Wouldn't that suck...dated 1945 or so...Quote:
Originally Posted by mmppres
How about a loose hundred of Pedersen device cartridges...maybe a sealed box or two along with...?
You’re killing me!Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
We're all waiting too, soon we'll know...
Well at least I can say it is ammo (or something of that class of goods). I can make out an ORM-D shipping sticker attached to the tin. That's a good sign haha.
It was worth bidding on just for the suspense..................its killing me!!!
Whatever it is it was worth it believe me, in that case :thup:
Mystic box hmm!
You could sell parts to us other members before opening it
Then you could make a fortune 😀
Jsne
Haha! Now that's a great idea!!
20,000 once fired rifle primers...Quote:
Originally Posted by rcathey
A little more likely than your other ideas hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
I have received the tracking notification. Looks like we’ll be able to crack this sucker open by Wednesday or Thursday.
Shipping weight is 36 pounds!!
Crikey,
Linked .303 then;)
That is a lot of once fired riffe primers 🤔
Jsne
If you think about a bag of sugar is 2 pounds, its a fair weight you have coming at 36........................soviet nuclear warhead!!;)
“Uh..yeah, guys..it was just a bunch of 7.62x54r. Nothing to see here. Move along!” Haha
Did they happen to have yellow tips? That can looks something like a can of Hungarian ammo I have.
Al
I was just joshing. That’s something like I’d say if it turned out to be the Soviet nuke Gil mentioned.
That’s a nice clue, though. What’s the approximate weight of that tin you have?
That looks like the box of rocks we used for making training loads for air drops:madsmile:
FedEx is telling me it'll be here tonight but they're also saying it was in New Mexico this morning...that math doesn't quite work out haha.
I suspect tomorrow is more likely!
Ha Ha.........................probably having to divert to Area 51 as the dosimeter readings went through the roof on that old warhead from the Cold War :lol::lol:
I guess I should've bought that lead apron that was also in the auction! I'll be sure to open it pointing away from me haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd
Almost no harm has ever come from "tickling the dragon's tail." We'll have to start calling this the "Demon Spam Can!"
Gave any thought to offering 'The Mystery Grab Bag' up for sale...... before opening?
Like lets make a deal....... trade or cash it in for whats behind door #2 or #3.
Now that You've built this up to peak value/interest.
Or you may end up like Charlie Brown:
https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/%22I_got_a_rock%22
I have! But I'm too greedy haha. I'm holding out hope for a tin full or something that's worth 2 or 3 bucks per round.
As it sits, I'm in it for $327.93. It's gonna have to be something good for that not to be a big loss :help:
Dang my curiosity!
Best bet is you get your money back with out a loss.
If my only profit is solving the mystery, I’d be totally ok with that!
I believe that's been said of 'The Money Pit' on Oak Island... for about 150 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by rcathey
But Good Luck to you.
Hope your Meds hold out long enough......... :madsmile:
Bud Light only goes so far to preserve one's sanity!Quote:
Originally Posted by painter777
And it's beginning to wane. The package left Kansas City this morning at around 2. I'm not super confident it'll be here tonight like they say. :banghead:
Oh boy! It is "on FedEx vehicle for delivery!"
Barring any shenanigans from FedEx, we'll know what's in there this evening!!
It's about time.:dancingbanana:
Al
This just in.....
Fed Ex delivery truck involved in fiery crash while out for delivery.......
More at 11
Blimey Charlie, That is bad luck, probably the radiation mate :lol:
Gentlemen!
Not great news.
It’s 1,000 rounds of wood tipped Israeli 7.62 Nato.
And it’s not in wonderful condition - I’ll post some pictures tomorrow.
So let’s see, this tin would hold 50 boxes of 20. I’d have to sell all of them at $6.54 each to break even. I doubt that’ll happen because of the condition...but now we know! Haha
Bad Timing,
You just missed Halloween... You could have sold them off as 'Vampire Killers'.
Wood tips solid ?
Safe range 30-40' ?
Possible to pull and reload?
Been fun!
Well from what I read they are non-corrosive and reloadable.
Maybe I’ll go through and pick out the cleanest ones and sell it that way.
Not exactly the outcome I was hoping for but, meh, I’ve lost more on sillier things haha.
Thanks for following along, everyone!
RC,
You bought them.......... someone else will.
As long as they go BANG !
Deer camp very soon and have seen wilder things.
Good Luck
So, now you can do an exhaustive test of the wonderful destructive penetration characteristics of the devastating wooden bullets. The bullets that if you get wounded there's no saving you... The accurate and super ammo... Maybe even a video...?
I don’t even own a .308...I guess this is a sign??
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is/was the purpose of the round?Quote:
Originally Posted by rcathey
There are a number of different uses for wood bullets. One, to use them as blanks. Two, to use them for launching grenades. (Japan and Italy did.) and three to teach people how to shoot using short ranges for instruction.
The other night browsing an auction site I ran across a genuine Sniper Trigger Housing for a A3. Hmmmmm.
Ed
Training ammo where you don't have the thousands of meters distance for safety. They will kill close up, can't remember the precise distance but might be up to 50m. Quite accurate too. The bullet won't travel more than a couple of hundred meters.
They're available...Quote:
Originally Posted by rcathey
Inside joke here, we've had several threads about them here where they were supposed to be some wonder bullet. I had an individual tell me just a few days ago about how they were a special sniper round...I just nodded...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi
Hi rcatjey
I am sorry i was not somthing more exiting.
But this rhread have been one of the most exitng to
follow👍
Every morning when I get up the last weeks
I have grap my phone to see news about the mystic
Box.
So thanks for sharring. And I hope you mannage to
Reduce your losses.
Best regard
Jsne
Well, I don't know about those Israeli wooden bullets but, the ones I have ( I shot some) were so corrosive you could almost see my FAL rust right before your eyes. I shot about 5 rounds, set my FAL in the corner and the next morning the gas block was covered with rust. I didn't know if I was going to be able to disassemble my gas block.
Al
Al,
Well that doesn't help the profit margin!! Haha.
Jsne,
Thanks for following along. This was an enjoyable mystery for me too even if it didn't quite work out as planned.
Everyone else,
I have another mystery on the way. It MIGHT just be a Garand sniper. The serial number is obscured so I can't be certain yet. I will be posting about that too.
Finally, here's some pics!
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You referring to Israeli ball?Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Diehl
Nope, the wooden bullet ones just like the ones above.
Al
Bad stuff...Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Diehl
well at least there is a market for that stuff. Its been sold before.
Yeah, I’ll pass it along eventually. No sweat really. The mystery was fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by mmppres