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Cartridge Trading Table Featuring a wide range of antique, obsolete, and modern ammunition for collectors Picture Page March 2007 A full box of 8mm Nambu Cartridges
. Though it has a portion of its top missing, this box of 8mm Nambu cartridges is still sealed. It holds 15 cartridges, intended most likely for the Japanese Type 14 pistol. In spite of having been completely wrapped in clear tape at some point in the past, it is in relatively good condition; the tape came off with little trouble and no damage to the box, other than the adhesive having caused the paper to darken. In addition, removal of the tape revealed the printing on the box that had not been apparent before. The cartridges are the standard WW2 type usually encountered, unheadstamped cases with three neck stabs to hold the nickel jacketed bullet securely in place. I haven't a clue what is written on the top and bottom of the box, but I suspect it refers to the production facility, the production date (15.3?), the weapon the cartridges were made for (14?), and it might even say Warning: Keep out of Reach Of Children' and possibly 'Not intended for internal use'. Seriously, translation of the labeling would be very much appreciated. . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . A J. P. Lower & Sons labeled UMC .45-70 box..... Here's a UMC .45-70 box that spent some time on the shelves of John P. Lower & Sons' Denver store in the early to mid-1870s. I included this box on one of my picture pages several years ago, but those early picture pages are not archived. I wanted to show it again to correct that omission; it has so much character that it deserves a second look anyway.
. . . . . . Based on the patents listed on the top label, including Hiram Berdan's March 20, 1866 and Sept 29, 1868, and S.W. Woods' April 1, 1869 and April 2, 1872, this box predates the adoption by UMC of the Orcutt primer, which I believe occurred in the early to mid 1870s. The cartridges in the box are Berdan primed reloads. Note that the top label also indicates that the cartridges are adapted to U. S. Springfield Rifle Model 1874! . .
Here's an enlargement of that wonderful J.P. Lower label. . . . . . . The box for an Ideal No 8 reloading tool.... .
. . . . . . Here's a great looking box for one of Ideal's No 8 reloading tools; unfortunately, the tool was not with the box when I bought it. This tool is different from most of the Ideal tools, in that the lead is poured into the nose end of the bullet cavity, and the bullets produced have a hollow base that is formed by a cone-shaped base plug in the bottom of the mold cavity. This can be readily seen as part 'F' in the enlargement of the illustration from the box label shown below. .
. . . . . . . . . . This tool was originally introduced around 1892 for reloading the .38 Long Colt cartridge that was used in the Colt Army and Navy model double action revolvers that had just been adopted at that time. One thing I find interesting is the reference on the label to 'Marlin, Winchester, and other Magazine Rifles', considering these rifles did not use hollow base bullets. This leads me to speculate that the reference to these rifles was not directed specifically to the No. 8 tool, but to Ideal tools in general. |
