Ammo Box

[Laura M Hayes]

Not sure where to post this so I'll try here.

Instead of the typical ammo box I wanted to get something that looked like a Train strong box.  Someone posted an absolutely beautiful one that they made last year.  It was green with Wells Fargo on it.  Of course now I can't find the post.  Is there anywhere to buy one?  I looked all over the web and don't want to pay $$$$.  I'd rather put the $ into ammo and reloading.  I don't mind paying for quality but the ones I saw were $500 and up for something that will get the hell beat out of it.

Thanks.
Laura M Hayes 

 

[Major 2]

This one ?

or perhaps the thread you seek ?

http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=38630.0

[cpt dan blodgett]

One minor suggestion is to use the actual ammo containers you plan to use transporting in the box to figure the actual final dimensions.  I wish instead of going by the plans I would have  fiiguree out how I wanted to pack things and made the box to fit the ammo rather than trying to pack the ammo to fix the box.

The box in question seems big enough it may not matter.  Think mine is 10 X 12 X12 roughly small but large enough that it will actually hold more ammo than I want to tote.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Colonel Littleton has really gone upscale.  The wells Fargo strongbox is now $1100!

AND; - It's not even close to the originals

[Danny Bear Claw]

$1100?  Does it come with some Wells Fargo gold in it?      

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

$1100?  Does it come with some Wells Fargo gold in it?      

This one at $150 + $25 shipping probably doesn't!!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/103681708/1800s-primitive-stagecoach-stage-coach

[Forty Rod]

This one at $150 + $25 shipping probably doesn't!!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/103681708/1800s-primitive-stagecoach-stage-coach

I've seen kindling that looked better than that.  For that amount it had better have some documentation to support the price.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

The goldrush connection in the Cariboo of British Columbia.  The stage line here was the BX Stagecoach Line.  It had a few robberies in its day.  This post is about one of them, and briefly describes a BX strongbox;

"No ghosts frequent the Clinton Museum, although Judge Begbie's chair reposing in one corner is a reminder of the years he spent on judicial circuits in the Cariboo. My attention, however, is caught another curious object—a battered metal safe, with its lid askew. It is only about a cubic foot in size, but it weighs a formidable 100 lbs. It had been found near 100 Mile Hill by the Chief Constable at Clinton in 1914.

There was little doubt as to its history. Back in 1886, a desperado named Jack Rowlands had staged the first coach robbery in Cariboo history near 82 Mile House, holding the BX Express carriage up at gunpoint. How he managed to single-handedly lift the heavy safe containing $15,000 worth of gold dust as well as two gold bricks, and hoist this onto his horse, remains a mystery. Attempts at tracking the bandit down turned out to be futile, but a short while later Rowlands showed up at a bar in Ashcroft bragging that he'd struck it rich at Scotty Creek. Scotty Creek had been cleaned out several years previously, and a local policeman, Constable Burr, grew suspicious. He decided to examine the gold dust Rowlands had stashed in the F.W. Foster store safe and straightened up with an "Aha" of satisfaction: the dust wasn't from Scotty's Creek; it was of a coarse variety, typical to the Barkerville area.

Rowlands was found guilty of armed robbery and sentenced to five years in jail, but escaped two years later and vanished across the US border. The gold bars were never found, but according to a letter addressed to F. Tingley (son of the legendary BX stage coach driver Steve Tingley) on November 10th 1914, the safe found by the Chief Constable at Clinton, contained "a bundle of waybills, vouchers and reports along with a small leather treasure bag"(presumably empty). The letter concludes "The safe was apparently opened with an axe, and I do not think it has any value." Perhaps not in terms of utility, but as part of gold rush history the little strongbox holds within its buckled frame the tale of a highwayman brought to justice by a savvy police officer."

Here is the link to the source;  http://www.magiccarpetjournals.com/Cariboo.htm

BTW; I,ve never seen a BX strongbox myself , but I think someone has the info somewhere.  Perhaps I'll enquire at the Royal BC Museum.