I am new to collecting and have been looking for cartridges to add to my collection. Well I went to a gun show yesterday to poke around and see what I could find. I came across a table that had about 40 Ziploc bags of loose cartridges and shotshells. All of the bags were individually priced and ranged from $1 up to $15 per bag. After sifting through most of the bags looking for stuff I thought I might need for my collection I had set a few bags to the side that I intended on buying, then the gentleman running the table came up to me and said "Tell you what, $20 will take all the bagged stuff here." I looked surprised and told him the only problem was that I literally had $19 dollars in my billfold at the time and he said it was a deal. I was excited as all get out and bagged up everything I could get.
After having some time to go through the items a little closer at home this afternoon, I counted 344 total pieces and the total dollar amount on all the bags ended up being $199.......I paid $19!!
Now, I know that most of the stuff in the bags might be fairly common cartridges, but for a beginning collectors it is awesome! I did a quick inventory of most of the items and found quite a few completely new additions to my collection. Lots of 10 and 12 gauge paper shot shells which I had none of to begin with.
Some of the items included in the purchase:
.257 Wby Mag
7.92 mm
8mm Mag
300 Win Mag
Lots of .243 and .223 or 5.56
.300 Savage
.17 Rem. (Centerfire)
6.5x55
30 Carbine (Sears Headstamp)
7mm-08
6mm
.22 Hornet
.220 Swift
.284
.45 Auto with some being shot shells
Lots of 12 gauge shells, some high brass, lots of paper of different varieties
All of these cartridges are live and I have multiples of each caliber, along with a mix of different headstamps for each caliber which is nice.
Some I have come across are labeled "unknown" so I am still in the process of taking measurements to determine what cartridges/calibers they are.
Also at another table I picked up some nice old .25 Auto Remington boxes and .32 S&W boxes. Some 5mm rimfires and even a couple of bags labeled "free" so I picked up all of those that I could. They contained loose cartridges and I have looked through them and there are some military rounds, .30-40 Krag, 7x61, some all brass .410 buckshot rounds along with some others that I have not identified yet.
I just wanted to share my excitement with everyone and I am looking forward to doing a detailed inventory and getting everything logged into my collection. Hopefully I can get some pictures up sometime soon!!
After having some time to go through the items a little closer at home this afternoon, I counted 344 total pieces and the total dollar amount on all the bags ended up being $199.......I paid $19!!
Now, I know that most of the stuff in the bags might be fairly common cartridges, but for a beginning collectors it is awesome! I did a quick inventory of most of the items and found quite a few completely new additions to my collection. Lots of 10 and 12 gauge paper shot shells which I had none of to begin with.
Some of the items included in the purchase:
.257 Wby Mag
7.92 mm
8mm Mag
300 Win Mag
Lots of .243 and .223 or 5.56
.300 Savage
.17 Rem. (Centerfire)
6.5x55
30 Carbine (Sears Headstamp)
7mm-08
6mm
.22 Hornet
.220 Swift
.284
.45 Auto with some being shot shells
Lots of 12 gauge shells, some high brass, lots of paper of different varieties
All of these cartridges are live and I have multiples of each caliber, along with a mix of different headstamps for each caliber which is nice.
Some I have come across are labeled "unknown" so I am still in the process of taking measurements to determine what cartridges/calibers they are.
Also at another table I picked up some nice old .25 Auto Remington boxes and .32 S&W boxes. Some 5mm rimfires and even a couple of bags labeled "free" so I picked up all of those that I could. They contained loose cartridges and I have looked through them and there are some military rounds, .30-40 Krag, 7x61, some all brass .410 buckshot rounds along with some others that I have not identified yet.
I just wanted to share my excitement with everyone and I am looking forward to doing a detailed inventory and getting everything logged into my collection. Hopefully I can get some pictures up sometime soon!!