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Picture Page July 2018 Please note: Unless otherwise indicated, the pictures on this web site are my property, and should not be used by anyone without crediting the source. Navy Arms dummy .41 short rim fire box.. Most of us are familiar with the like new .41 short rim fire cartridges with the 'V' headstamps that pop up fairly regularly, either as loose rounds in an accumulation of mixed cartridges we are sorting through, or as relatively high priced full boxes on the online auction and ammunition sales sites. The 'V' headstamp stands for Val, as in Val J. Forgett, the founder of the original Navy Arms Company of Ridgefield, New Jersey. He is considered by many to be the father of the modern replica firearms industry that started shortly before the U. S. Civil War Centennial in the 1960s and still flourishes today.
These 'V'
headstamped .41 rim fire
cartridges were made for Navy Arms by Companhia Brasileira de
Cartuchos (CBC) of Sao Paulo, Brazil. There were at least two batches
produced between the
early 1980s
and the 1990s. They sold fairly quickly, initially at around $40 to $50
per box. The Dixie Gun Works 2004 "50th Anniversary" catalog had t
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tannish-white and has a smaller and cruder illustration of a Remington
over-and-under pistol, this one nickeled with
The February 2018
Ward's Sporting Collectibles auction had an early style box of Navy Arms .41
short rim fire factory dummy cartridges that caught me by surprise. I have never
cartridge before, much less a full box. What was more surprising
is that these were in a specially labeled box, not a standard box that was
over-stamped or over-labeled 'DUMMY', as is typically found with cartridge
boxes. The top of the box is labeled ".41 SHORT RIM FIRE DUMMY CARTRIDGES
(COMPLETELY INERT). The end flaps are labeled "50
Could there really have existed sufficient demand for inert .41 short rim fire cartridges to warrant the trouble and expense of producing a special box for them? Anyone know the story on these? . . Sources: Dixie Gun Works 2004 catalog No. 153, Box 130 Gunpowder Lane, Union City, TN 38281
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listing shown here for them, but I doubt that they still had them in stock
at that late date. These boxes still pop up occasionally on internet sites, selling
for significantly more than they were originally priced due to the demand
created by owners of vintage .41 rim fire pistols who are looking for
reliable shooting ammunition.
There are two box formats
that I'm aware of, both having a one piece outer sleeve with end flaps and a
sliding 'tray' inside that held the cartridges. The first of these is primarily orange, white and blue, and has
a nickeled Remington over-and-under pistol with ivory grips taking
up
much of the top with the lower
portion of the grip extending onto the side of the box.
black
plastic grips, centered on the top of the box. The top is also
labeled to indicate that the cartridges in hese boxees are "OXYLESS,
NON-MERCURIC"; the labeling of the first style box did not have this
wording. 
seen
a single Navy Arms dummy .41 rim fire
DUMMY
CARTRIDGES .41 SHORT RIM FIRE".