Vintage 257 Roberts

[Prodigal Son]

Got 3 boxes of 257 Roberts today someone gave me!
Any ideas of age or what!

[Misery-Whip]

A whopping $3.36 a box!!! Nowdays most ammo here starts at $35 a box for green and yellow remmington.

[relics6165]

Post WW2, 1950s. If they have a child warning square on the front, post 1962.

[atr]

you got to love the old boxes...especially when you note the price $$$
I have had many like that in 257 Roberts and the ammo always worked.
If nothing else save the boxes!!

I just gave to a friend 3 boxes of ALCAN 12 ga x 3" #2 shot which were marked $2.98 per box! I don't have a 12 ga with a 3" chamber but I pulled a couple of the rounds apart to check if the primers and powder still functioned.....they did!
best
atr

[relics6165]

Properly stored ammunition is good for many years. I think the oldest I have shot in a while was 8mm Austrian Werndel
(I think) that was dated 1872. It all fired, although some did hang fire. There's still lots of primers and powder from WW2 being used, a friend of mine got 100 pounds of 4831 from the DCM in 1948, there's still 15 pounds left, and it's still good.

[Chili]

My first reaction to the price tags on old ammo boxes is "wow! That's cheap!" But then I remember it was probably expensive for it's time. I can hear the comment at the hardware store now...

"Got and 257 Roberts?"
"Yep, 3 bucks"
"Jeez, you trying to retire early?"
"That's what they go for these days"
"Give them here, got a deer that needs to go in my freezer"

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