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This maybe slightly off topic but yet related to C&R. 20 years ago we bought a second house in eastern San Diego County desert as a winter weekend getaway. One of the previous owners had been quite a desert rat and had a collection of just about anything that looked like junk, and some of it was stored in old ammo cans. I recently bought a CMP Garand and some surplus ammo and though it would be interesting to use one of the cans for period realism. The smaller 30 cal cans are distinctly different design than the modern 5.56 and 7.62 cans. The old cans have the Ordnance bomb embossed on the back.
My questions to the group are:
What is the age of the cans? Are they WWII or Korean vintage?
What are the dates of the repacks?
Is there any value to cans of this age?
I washed them off with soap and water, and as you can see they are rusty in places. How much can I clean them up without destroying the collector value, if any?
Are there any good websites for collectors of this stuff?
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The backs of the cans say CANCO, CROWN, CROWN, and EMCO on the bog one.
The three smaller cans have a two wire latch design. The big one looks like a more modern .50 cal can. The bottoms of the small ones are embossed to show which way the bullets should face.
How do I load the files directly into the message rather than attach them? More pictures coming in a follow up message.
My questions to the group are:
What is the age of the cans? Are they WWII or Korean vintage?
What are the dates of the repacks?
Is there any value to cans of this age?
I washed them off with soap and water, and as you can see they are rusty in places. How much can I clean them up without destroying the collector value, if any?
Are there any good websites for collectors of this stuff?
ammo boxes Oct10_01.jpg
ammo boxes Oct10_02.jpg
ammo boxes Oct10_03.jpg
ammo boxes Oct10_04.jpg
ammo boxes Oct10_06.jpg
The backs of the cans say CANCO, CROWN, CROWN, and EMCO on the bog one.
The three smaller cans have a two wire latch design. The big one looks like a more modern .50 cal can. The bottoms of the small ones are embossed to show which way the bullets should face.
How do I load the files directly into the message rather than attach them? More pictures coming in a follow up message.
Ok, so the last one is off topic. It is my reloading/workbench in the new garage we built this summer. Beats the old set up.
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