LI Ammo Posted April 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted April 17, 2017 Just for fun, here's two pictures of a crate from the Frankford Armory, not much to explain here, the pictures tell it all. The backside of the crate has the US flaming bomb image, but I have to post it tomorrow, I'm new here, so my posts are limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted April 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted April 17, 2017 Very cool..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomorgan Posted April 17, 2017 Share #3 Posted April 17, 2017 Oh my that is nice, the individual boxes would bring a nice price for both firearm & military collectors...Great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted April 17, 2017 Share #4 Posted April 17, 2017 Incredible find! I'd love to find something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 17, 2017 Share #5 Posted April 17, 2017 Ammo appears to be dated 1915 or later, what is the ink stamp on the box of ammo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverplate Posted April 18, 2017 Share #6 Posted April 18, 2017 Love to see the wooden box it's sitting on. Is that a sealed box of .30 caliber ball? Any other hidden goodies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LI Ammo Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted April 18, 2017 Ammo appears to be dated 1915 or later, what is the ink stamp on the box of ammo? Good guess! January 1916 on the ink. The box on the bottom I've posted a lot of pictures of on the pinned thread about 30 carbine bandoliers, you can see more there. It's the second thread in the firearms- munitions category. And yes, as time permits I'll share more pictures of other goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LI Ammo Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted April 18, 2017 Ammo appears to be dated 1915 or later, what is the ink stamp on the box of ammo? As for the difference in dates, the box is marked with the powder batch (not the finished ammo) dated 1913 and the ammo is January 1916. Strange, but I'll have to look closer at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted April 18, 2017 Share #9 Posted April 18, 2017 That Springfield ammo is great. Hard to believe how old it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LI Ammo Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted April 18, 2017 That Springfield ammo is great. Hard to believe how old it is. Forgot to mention: Look closely you'll see that the stripper clips are brass, not steel. That's outrageous. And here's another shot of the 30 cal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon_ib Posted April 18, 2017 Share #11 Posted April 18, 2017 Wow what a find. Great to know this stuff is still out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 18, 2017 Share #12 Posted April 18, 2017 As for the difference in dates, the box is marked with the powder batch (not the finished ammo) dated 1913 and the ammo is January 1916. Strange, but I'll have to look closer at that. Thank you for sharing the dates, I noticed that the powder lots on the boxes do not match the lot on crate, interesting... Those boxes are really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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