Vintage ammo.

[Nath]

Found some old WMR ammo today.

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Any ideas of date?

N.

[J Miller]

My guestimate would be 70's to 80's. Looks like a good find.

Joe

[Nath]

My guestimate would be 70's to 80's. Looks like a good find.

Joe

Thanks Joe

[elmo123]

Send me the lot numbers and l can probably tell you what day they were made.

[Nath]

Thanks.
The red box has R2CWM82.
The yellow box's has only FA02!

N.

[elmo123]

First box according to the lot number is 11/28/85 are you sure the "W" is a "W" ?

Red box is 1/20/75.

They started the Horse and Rider logo in 1983 so the box from 85 is probably old stock being used up.

Mike

[Nath]

First box according to the lot number is 11/28/85 are you sure the "W" is a "W" ?

Red box is 1/20/75.

They started the Horse and Rider logo in 1983 so the box from 85 is probably old stock being used up.

Mike

Thank you. That is so cool
Yes, it is a W.

N.

[wm]

Yeah I was going to say 70's or 80's, I worked at a in mid to late 80's gun shop (refereed to as a Winchester Ammunition Advisory Center) and that looks real familiar.

Some of that stuff is surprisingly collectible.

Wm

[EdinCT]

I can remember paying around 4.00 a box when they looked like that. They sure worked well also!

[elmo123]

I remember buying it for about $5.00 a box in the mid 80's at the local Target store and the Wildcat .22 LR were .99 cents a box on sale.

[Nath]

Good memories feller's.

I tried a few yesterday and they are good, very good. In fact they substantiate my long held belief, the wmr ammo was stronger then than today's loadings!

[elmo123]

The new manufacture JHP's no longer have the lead tip copper plated and they seem loaded down compared to the older ammo.