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    Smile Great Gunshow find...

    Found a compete, un-opened wooden CASE of Western 00 buck US property ammo. 500 rds in boxes of 25. Looks to be at least Pre-WWII... The shipping label states it came from "Surplus Army Sales" from Harrisburg, Pa. Any ideas on date of manufacture???
    (No, I didnt open the case, the single box came with it. Evedently the guy had a couple of the cases at one point...)
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    How does it shoot? I'd like a little of that for my 10-R.

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    Many years ago I too purchased a complete case of 500 shells. My case is different in that it was re-packed in 1944 in a military wooden crate. Same box same markings...paid the guy $400 back then for the entire thing. The wooden crate I got had bolts with wing nuts on top and when you opened the crate inside was a metal box (sealed) with yellow writing on the outside basically mimicking the writing on the wooden crate. BTW Those shells are early WWII not WWI,

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    Are there any martial markings (crossed cannons, flaming bombs) that would indicate this crate was accepted by the military? I've got an empty crate (#9cs) with similar markings and crossed cannons on the end label.
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    Great find Phrogpilot, for sure don't open the case as the value is in it being sealed as original. Hope I can find something like that someday. Just store it cool and dry.
    Why use a 50 pound bomb when a 500 pound bomb will do?

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    I will take it! Great find, thanks for sharing...

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