Ammo collecting

[TAXICAT]

I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT AMMO BOXES. WHAT ARE SOME GOOD BOOKS? THANKS fRANK

[raymeketa]

That's a really big category of collecting. i don't know of any books that deal with the subject in general, but look here for a possible start.

http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=reference

[John Ed]

Big is Right !!

My Dad was a Cartridge Collector, in the 50's thru the early 90's and I had had the pleasure of meeting some fine folks who had similar interest.
They all had one thing in common. They specialized. Didn't matter if it it was 22 boxes , shot shell boxes, Winchester and Western "Bear boxes" or single cartridge specimines. They had to for they realized it would become a cancer and grow.
I collected wood shot shell crates at one time... they dated from the 1890's to the 1950's when I got out I had over 400 different ones. So you can see what I mean about a cancer that spreads.

There are a lot of "Sporting Collectible" books out there and some on 22 boxes as well as Winchester. All will have some sort of examples of boxes.

Several things to consider..
Collect what you like
Full or Empty
Condition, Condition,Condition get the best your budget will allow cause "Junk will always be Junk"

I have to agree the IAA website will be a good start.

[Sunray]

Please shut off your caps lock.
Don't think there are any books about ammo boxes alone. At least none I've ever seen. Lots about cartridges though.

[John Ed]

I have found one in my library.

One Hundred Years of Winchester Cartridge Boxes 1856-1956
by Ray T. Giles and Daniel L. Shuey
Published by Schiffer Publishing Company in 2006
ISBN:0-7643-2541-8

I did look and they are available on Amazon

Nice large print and color photos... If you like Winchester this may help.

[musketshooter]

A good source of information and identification is old ctg collector's sales catalogs. I have many old sales catalogs put out by Robert Buttweiler of Winona MN from the mid 80s that are invaluable. I do not know if he is still in business.

[Johnny P]

In addition to the book on Winchester boxes mentioned by John Ed, there is also a book on .22 Winchester boxes by Richard L. Rains, ISBN 0-9707608-6-B.

I believe Buttweiler published a book on someone's .22 rimfire box collection.

[RCS]

I don't even collect these - but found enough of them around to take a photo !30439

[dogtag]

Be careful, if you find a few more you'll be a collector which
will drive you crazy because there are so many.
I have a 1971 American Rifleman the cover of which shows
around 70 different and obsolete boxes.

[Dick Hosmer]

70???

I would wager a bet there are at least 7,000 different collectible .22 box variations, world-wide, by now.

Myself, I like full sealed Frankford Arsenal (and similar) .50-70 and .45-70 boxes from the 1860s-1890s.

[joem]

A guy at the club gave me a enbloc clip with 8 LC 51 .30-06 cart's. I'll have to run them in the tumbler for quite a while to clean them up. I'm not going to shoot them anyway.

[Dick Hosmer]

A good source of information and identification is old ctg collector's sales catalogs. I have many old sales catalogs put out by Robert Buttweiler of Winona MN from the mid 80s that are invaluable. I do not know if he is still in business.

Buttweiler wound up in Houston TX. He had some very informative catalogs, but is no longer in business. IIRC, there was some sort of legal issue, or criminal action, which caused him to close very suddenly. Anyone know more?