Thread: Vintage projectile/bullet box

I'm still loading ammo with bullets from the metal cornered boxes, bought in the 1990's. I've never seen the metal internal box though.
The price tags on some of my older components would make some people cry, projectiles and powder early to mid $30's per box/tin, primers $5.50/100. I could load 308 ammo for about 63c per round.

Originally Posted by Cigar

I'm still loading ammo with bullets from the metal cornered boxes, bought in the 1990's. I've never seen the metal internal box though.
The price tags on some of my older components would make some people cry, projectiles and powder early to mid $30's per box/tin, primers $5.50/100. I could load 308 ammo for about 63c per round.

Greetings All,
The first box of projectiles I bought were .303 180 grain Norma boat tails. They cost $10.00 from memory. A friend thought I was nuts paying that much. My second box were .303 Speer 150 grain spitzer flat base which cost $5.50. Primers were $1.00 a tray. AR2201 powder was $10.50 a pound and NL4831 $5.00 a pound. It was all relative though, this was the mid 70's, I was in my mid twenties and my gross pay was around $50.00 per week.
GPM.

Originally Posted by Cigar

I'm still loading ammo with bullets from the metal cornered boxes, bought in the 1990's. I've never seen the metal internal box though.
The price tags on some of my older components would make some people cry, projectiles and powder early to mid $30's per box/tin, primers $5.50/100. I could load 308 ammo for about 63c per round.

I took a few photos, prices are visible but might have to zoom in. The Sierra box has metal corners too.