45-60 Cartridge Box

[larryo_1]

Buck:
It would be nice to just be able to get some plain ctg boxes so that we could create our own.

[Buck Stinson]

Sorry for the delay in responding.  Been camping and fishing for the past ten days.  When I reproduced the .44 WCF green label box, I used the boxes I got from Cheyenne Cartridge Box Co.  They are perfect and very sturdy.  Their label was easy to cover with the original Winchester label.  The boxes I used were two piece without the center seam.  I also have a whole bunch of a limited run that Sal did defore he sold the company and these have the lid seam in the center of the box perimeter, just like the original.  I have not used any of these yet and may not.  I don't have any of the Cheyenne boxes since Buffalo Arms bought them out, so I don't know how they compare to the ones Sal was making.  It looks like in some cases, you could cover up the new label with the old style.  If not, maybe Buff Arms would sell boxes without labels, I don't know.

Adios,
Buck

[whitley]

I am attempting to contact Buck Stinson.

RE: possible use of his .45-60 cartridge box image in a historical biography of an Idaho pioneer judge.  As I want to properly cite and credit such things, I am requesting the use of this image to assist the narrative in an important criminal murder trial.

FW Whitley

 

[Grizzly Adams]

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[Buck Stinson]

Whitley,
I'd be glad to help if you let me know what you need.

Adios,
Buck

[whitley]

Buck, I am really interested collecting stray images which might be used for a sidebar introduction of some historical information in the overall biography of the pioneer judge.  should I use any such images, I want to credit them properly as to source, since preservation of history is a community thing...it takes many willing hands to do so.  And those which do should be acknowledged.

While not absolutely necessary, an image like yours of the .45-60 cartridge box, can add a certain  panache or swagger to a narrative account...since, after a while, just having words on a page can be mundane reading.

I am interested in the .45-60 Winchester because this weapon was used in a cold blooded double murder (but not an undeserved murder) over threats and mining claim rights which the judge heard.  Since the round is obsolete, in itself, it is a piece of history's past.  Actually, this particular murder trial is a keystone to discussing the history and evolution of the law in Idaho Territory and the early Statehood through the experiences of this pioneer judge.  Whitley

[Buck Stinson]

Which .45-60 box image are you referring to? 

Adios,
Buck

[whitley]

Buck, you have an image posted above of a stack of .45-60 cartridge boxes, three of them I think.  That's the image I was asking about, or perhaps something other similar to it. 

Incidentally, any sidebar text associated with use of such an image would be very strictly edited to eliminate any possible connotation that might be inferred to be a modern revisionist anti-gun sentiment, a sentiment with which I entirely do not abide.  My purpose in using such an image would be to portray this period in an accurate historical manner, and again to separate out from the main narrative a sidebar of interesting (at least as I humor it to be) historical information from the period. 

The .45-60 Winchester was more or less ubiquitous among the ranchers, miners and farmers here.  It is no less an historical implement or tool than is a gold pan or a draft drawn thresher...and that is precisely how I intend to present it. 


Whitley

[Buck Stinson]

Whitley,
If it will help, go for it.  You have my permission and thanks for asking.  If I can be of further assitance, please let me know.  Also would like to see these photos used in the printed article.  Please inform me as to when and where this will appear.

Adios,
Buck