Thread: How old might these be??

Originally Posted by muzza

theres also a box code that dates them - stamped on the end flap.

63.12, guessing that's December 1963

Originally Posted by muzza

1960-70s

Yep, about 70 cents a packet.

Could buy packet of them, two gallons of petrol and half a doz Waitemata all for $5 back then...

Definitely available up til the late seventies / early eighties from what I remember

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Yep, about 70 cents a packet.

Could buy packet of them, two gallons of petrol and half a doz Waitemata all for $5 back then...

Waitemata?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

$2.50 a packet in the late 70s, I think the sub sonic packet was red

$2.5 in 1970 is $40 in 2019. Is that for 50 or 500?

Good hunting 22LR is only $8~10-ish for 50 rounds. Standard target ammo is about the $6.5~8 for 50 rounds.

Originally Posted by muzza

You must be young if you havent heard of Waitemata draught beer, One step above Waikato , even back then

Well remember drinking gallons of their Pale Ale when I lived in South Taranaki.

I used to use those ones in the blue box and the ones in the green. The green box ones had silver cases from memory and 500 rds was $9.90. We would take our 303's and 308's goat shooting ($ 5 a box of CAC) and a brick each of 22 ammo. The plan was shoot the hi powers on the Saturday and Sunday was 22 day. We shot a lot of goats back in the early 70's with this ammo. Yep gas was .50 cents a gallon, bring back the old days when things were simple and relaxing.

Originally Posted by Ultimitsu

$2.5 in 1970 is $40 in 2019. Is that for 50 or 500?

Good hunting 22LR is only $8~10-ish for 50 rounds. Standard target ammo is about the $6.5~8 for 50 rounds.

Per 50

Originally Posted by Ultimitsu

$2.5 in 1970 is $40 in 2019. Is that for 50 or 500?

Good hunting 22LR is only $8~10-ish for 50 rounds. Standard target ammo is about the $6.5~8 for 50 rounds.

Ammo took a massive drop in price when GST first came about...I only remember as I needed some .22 ammo and the two prices were on display, the current price and what it would be under GST...it was well worth waiting a few days.

Originally Posted by muzza

You must be young if you havent heard of Waitemata draught beer, One step above Waikato , even back then

Must be good if its above waikato. I will take that as a compliment.

Leopard strong ale anyone remember that although what it has to do with CAC .22 quite frankly escapes me.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Leopard strong ale anyone remember that although what it has to do with CAC .22 quite frankly escapes me.

Amazing how these threads drift off topic!

Now when I started driving petrol was 36c a gallon (8c a liter for the young ones) and I almost died when it went to 50c a gallon.

I can remember buying 30-06 armour-piercing for 75c a box of twenty, don’t ask how that was used up but it was FUN!

Just found a couple of random boxes of 22 ammo, one a Cobra brand, put out by Kilwell, anybody remember that brand?

The other box a fair bit older: a full packet of ICI High Velocity Long Rifle Non-Rusting, wording on the packet states ‘recommended for small game shooting at ranges from 75 to 200 yards’ - pretty optimistic eh!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Just found a couple of random boxes of 22 ammo, one a Cobra brand, put out by Kilwell, anybody remember that brand?

The other box a fair bit older: a full packet of ICI High Velocity Long Rifle Non-Rusting, wording on the packet states ‘recommended for small game shooting at ranges from 75 to 200 yards’ - pretty optimistic eh!

Post up some pictures please.

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Just found a couple of random boxes of 22 ammo, one a Cobra brand, put out by Kilwell, anybody remember that brand?

The other box a fair bit older: a full packet of ICI High Velocity Long Rifle Non-Rusting, wording on the packet states ‘recommended for small game shooting at ranges from 75 to 200 yards’ - pretty optimistic eh!

Yes I used a lot of the Cobra back in the Pest Board days. The bullet is the same as the old Winchester in the yellow boxes. Good ammo I still have a "fair" bit of it around. Bushman was another brand we used a bit. From memory they both shot a 37 gr Copperclad bullet at about 1240 fps. Good for all round pest control use.