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| quote: Originally posted by RogueJSK: Stuff like original Black Talons carry a premium among "ammo collectors", despite them not exactly being rare.
I've seen a lot of guys who think their Black Talons are made of gold. Almost as bad as everyone in the 1990s who thought they'd be able to retire on their investments in Beanie Babies and baseball cards. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Nuclear: Sabot rounds that produced very high velocities on par with a 220 Swift, but weren’t very accurate, even back then. I can see where the police authorities would label them assassin’s rounds, as they would have no rifling marks on them, but no assassin would use something as inaccurate as those things were. I suspect Remington stopped making them due to the inaccuracy and how unpopular they were with the varment hunters as a result, rather than government pressure.
Agree, I tried them and as the guy said about Jaguar motorcars, occasionally they shot pretty well. But not often. If I shoot a varmint with my .22-250, the Coyote Defense League is not going to find a big enough piece to get rifling impressions anyhow. |
| Posts: 3327 | Location: Florence, Alabama, USA | Registered: July 05, 2001 |
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| They didn't shoot terribly well and didn't sell.
That's why they went away.
Just saw some still on a store shelf recently. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Miles42: found a old 44-40 that has a wodden bullet
Perhaps an old school blank round? Some late 19th and early 20th century blank firing systems involved loaded casings with wooden projectiles combined with a blank firing adapter muzzle device that would shred the wood into sawdust when it reached the end of the muzzle. |
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| I have 2 50 cal ammo cans with bandoleers of LC4[4] .30 cal M2 AP. Can't shoot it at my gun club, so I'm just holding on to it. Also have 1 round of original production 7.65 Frommer Short made by FEG, same as my 1910 Frommer. Makes .32 ACP looks huge.
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"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris
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| I have a very small 'collection' of military ammo. A few boxes of WWII 30-06 AP 45 ACP and post war 45 match. And those are just because I also collect the weapons that us that specific ammo. There is all kinds of oddball ammo out there, as well as some still shootable stuff like Black Talons, Blitz Action Trauma 9mm, and NYCLAD 38 special from back in the day. If you don't want it, someone out there will buy it.
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| Over the years I wound up having a LOT of .22 ammo from the 60's through the 90's. When I mentioned it to a co-worker he went nuts claiming that those cool boxes were worth a LOT more than anyone ever dreamed. |
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| Well not actively but when the opportunity arises. A customer brought in some old .22 ammunition in boxes, one box of Federal’s with a copyright date of 1927 on it. He was cleaning out a relative’s house and wanted it disposed of in a responsible manner. So I did just that. Now,to find a vintage store display to put it in.
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| Posts: 8431 | Location: Livingston County Michigan USA | Registered: August 11, 2002 |
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