Replica shotgun boxes

[Quick Fire]

Do any of you out here know where a person can get ahold of replica shotgun boxes?

[Forty Rod]

Be more specific.

[Quick Fire]

What I meant was is there any one out there that is making replicas of shotgun shell boxes from the time period between 1865 and 1899. Even just the labels would be a big help. Thank you for your reply.

[River City John]

Cheyenne cartridge boxes offers 12 ga. boxes, Quick Fire. The same people who offer all the other repro boxes you see used. Their box art is generic enough.
I would also visit this site www.oldammo.com/picindex.htm where they have lots of period ammo covers depicted.

I believe that River Junction Trade carries the Cheyenne boxes. I'll look around and see if I can post a link.

RCJ

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

I went to the oldammo site, and found a 10 gauge shell and label.  It seems to confirm my understanding that in "our period" shells were sold empty and were loaded by the shooter at home, or by someone locally.  The label accompanying that 10 gauge shell declared that the shells were available in boxes of 100.  Can someone check in their old catalogue reprint?

If this was common, I wouldn't expect to find those 25 round boxes that we now use.  I'll bet loaded ammo was stored in the same box the empty shells were shipped in, and removed as needed to stuff in a shellbelt or some sort of shooting bag.

[Quick Fire]

Thanks for your replys, but I have already checked with Cheyenne Cartridge and it seems they no longer have them or at least I haven't been able to locate them. And I checked that other web site and downloaded what pictures I could, but I was looking for a little more. Sir Charles, I suspect you are correct in that in my limited research on this matter, I seem to find a lot more bigger wooden boxes for shotgun shells than I do the smaller 25 round 2 piece boxes.

[Forty Rod]

Try Dixie Gun Works.  They used to have some similar, but I don't have a current catalog.

[Grizzle Bear]

MidwayUSA sells plain white cardboard boxes that hold 25 12 guage shells.  You could make your own labels.  I would like to see one of the 100 round wooden boxes mentioned, to try and build a replica.

Grizzle Bear

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

40rod;  I checked DGW.  They have lots of shooting & range boxes, some cartridge boxes with little holes in'em, but no boxes that seem to be suitable for shotgun ammo.

I'd be interested in seeing a picture of those old shell boxes as well.

[charlie macneil]

Quick Fire, check your e-mail and see if what I sent you is what you're looking for.

[Deadeye Don]

Quick Fire, check your e-mail and see if what I sent you is what you're looking for.

Hey Charlie if you have some ideas about the shotgun boxes, please let us all in on the information.  Regards.  Deadeye.

[Fox Creek Kid]

Jack, Buffalo Arms bought out Cheyenne, but they don't llist shotgun boxes: 

http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/2,23.html

Also, initially loaded shells were rare if it all. Winchester offered paper tubes before offering loaded shotgun shells for the first time in 1876, I believe.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

FCK has it about the same as I heard it.

Basically, boxes of primed, sometimes primed and WITH powder paper hulls and for meat-hunters, all brass shells.  I don't know when the all-brass were available, but I think during the pinfire era.

I STILL plan to use the shotgun boxes that I got when Cheyane was still offering them.  They DO look old-timey.  And they store my brass and paper shells jes fine.  And since MOST of my "characterization" is just a bit before or after 1885, I believe - but can't yet prove  - that boxes were starting to be available.

I WOULD like to see pictures of an original wooden box that those 100 primed hulls came in!  That would be a cool thing to replicate!