917601 Posted October 11, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 11, 2020 Basement find, SL 9550 .30 cal Ball crate. From the CMP years ago no doubt. Lot number, St. Louis Arsenal traces back to 1953. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted October 11, 2020 ... my friend has one sealed spam can, shot up the other. He let me have it for my crate collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted October 11, 2020 Share #3 Posted October 11, 2020 That’s the stuff the CMP was selling just a few years ago. Good clean stuff, I think I still may have a few crates full with that same lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painter777 Posted October 30, 2020 Share #4 Posted October 30, 2020 What is it about crates that make them so much fun to collect ? I've got a lot of them, started out as mostly Carbine related. But started buying newer conflict ones like Korea and Vietnam land mine crates... etc. Some I put RLO on to preserve and make the markings stand out. One of my favorites is a large boxed crate that a field radio was shipped in with the GE and Military markings on it. My problem is I use some for storing extra parts, barrels, , holsters, magazines, CC newsletters etc in them. Then can't remember what's in what crate, I guess just another factor in the addiction many of us share. Safe Weekend All, Charlie-P777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottz63 Posted November 9, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 9, 2020 Nice crate! Both the crossed cannons and flaming bomb markings, love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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