Sunday was the first time I had been to a gunshow in ages, looked at a few cheesed up bubba wannabe Ak SKSs, a $900 WASR
..licked on a 460 S&W, snubbed my nose at some way over priced reman .338 Win Mag ammo.... I actually came home with a couple....ok....it was only 10 50rd boxes of 10mm..BUT.... I struck gold and pay dirt.... I found .41 Swiss rimfire or 10.4X38R rounds...these 3 simple things moved my Cintas pants more than anything else.
I have had 69/71 Swiss Veterlli for a number of years and have been chasing the ammo ghost, just because, I like and collect ammo too. I've seen these rounds upwards of $25 per round, 18-22 per round is pretty much the average, but I managed to walk out with 3 boxes for 8.25 per round.
So..I think I made out pretty good.
Yup, you did the math I'm sure.......and yup.... thats more than a .50bmg per bang/box, more along the lines of a 460 Weatherby Mag per box, more than most rifles for 3 boxes of ammo.
But, it's highly collectible, the box of .41 Swiss shot shells in the bottom of the photo are very rare now, these were the icing on the cake of the deal. The shotshells typically carry a much higher collector premium than the lead ball rounds, especially for a complete full original box. The last production of Remington/UMC 41 Swiss was in '40-'41 range, so this ammo is possibly 70 to 90 years old. The boxes are original and overall in great shape for the age, and all the rounds are pretty decent, pretty much in the condition of the rounds shown, so no major discoloration or tarnish. I have considered doing a centerfire conversion.. but why screw up a nice hunk of history thats almost 150 years old.