Value of older ammo please

WWllVet

October 21, 2002 03:37

I have a box of .30-06 Winchester ammo. It is a slip top cardboard box holding 20 rounds, and is full. The box has been opened but is complete, though slightly beaten.
The cartridges are all origional issue.
On the box it states .30 Government Model 1906 Pointed Full Patch-150 Gr.
It also says 'Adapted to U.S. Springfield Rifle Model 1906 and Winchester Rifle Model 54.
Any guesses on value? I have seen simular boxes at gun shows with an asking price of up to $160.00 at collectors tables. Is this in the ballpark?
Any expertize would be appreciated.

Vet

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  Iconoclast

  October 21, 2002 04:13

  WWIIVet, what you have there is a relatively common box from the period between the two World Wars (and thank you for your service, sir!). Unless I'm missing a critical detail, and I don't believe I am, if you were to go back to those same tables two years from now, the boxes to which you refer would still be there . . . and will be buried with the exhibitor. An absolutely gem mint pre-WWI box of military '06 ammo, maybe, maybe will go that high. As one of my mentors in the cartridge game was wont to comment when he saw such things . . . "Any damn fool can write a price tag." Lacking a scan or picture, I'm hesitant to price this definitively, but from your description, I believe I would have a smile if I got $40 out of it and I would bet my life it is a sub-$100 item.

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  leeblackman

  October 21, 2002 11:15

  Yea, its that everythings old is worth a fortune syndrome. Stick it on GB and see what happens. Honestly, I wouldn't know how much its worth, but I wouldn't pay no $160 for it.
  
  
  
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