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Being a non-authority,you can take this for what you paid for it...Olin and Winchester are the same thing now,so it should be good ammo,I'd probably keep it around for a decoration though.

You prob'ly already know this,if you shoot it it should go bang,but I wouldn't put it in a HD/carry gun.

I could do a Google search,but I'm just going off the top of my head here.

 

[2TransAms]

Hey here we go! http://www.olin.com/about/history.asp

Yes it's Winchester ammo. Without seeing the box or headstamp I'd guess it was made in the 40's-60's (kinda wide margin there,I know) from the other stuff I looked at.

 

[Dickie]

maybe this is a dumb question, but is it worth anything? Maybe to a collector?

 

[dajarrel]

I'm afraid that it is just really, really dangerous ammo. Please send it to me so I can safely monitor it on my mantle with my old guns.

In all seriousness, it will almost without exception go bang, but, IMHO, collect even better.

As to price, a serious collector of period ammunition will pay a premium for a box w/ammo in good shape. To me, it's worth about $12-15 a box.

I'd just put it up and go to wally-world and buy a box of 100 for $20 and go shooting.

dj

 

[tsp45acp]

Either save it for sentimental value or shoot it. I regularly find "42" headstamp brass that I reload. I have actually shot some factory ??? that had a "22 or 23" headstamp a couple of years ago. The only question is whether it is old enough to be corrosive. It's not a prob to shoot, you just have to be a little more meticulous about cleaning afterwards. Tracy