[Southern Raider]

I was cleaning the garage and came across a number of boxes of Smith and Wesson branded ammo in 44mag. (i.e. nice blue boxes with the S&W logo)

Does something like this have any value?

[gc70]

That brings back memories; I have not seen any S&W ammo for nearly 20 years.

The Smith & Wesson Forum (http://www.smith-wessonforum.com/) would probably be the best place to get the most authoritative information on the ammo's value.

[Standing Wolf]

The only Smith & Wesson ammunition I ever tried—at least a couple decades ago—was appallingly bad.

[russlate]

S&W were the ones that came out with the Nyclad ammo. Had to recall some of it as the earlier nylon didn't maintain rifling marks.

[BluesBear]

There was so much S&W ammo around for so many years that it's still not all that uncommon. It's much harder to find any of the older Alcan ammo. (S&W bought Alcan and renamed it S&W)
I have seen some collectors pay decent money for nice Alcan shotshell boxes.
Except for .22 rimfire I haven't noticed any collectors appeal for it yet.
(Many of those .22 collectors remind me of Beanie Baby collectors.)


I sold bus loads of S&W pistol ammo back in the 1980s. Many of my competing dealers never quite got the hint that if you bought a LOT of the S&W ammo that you moved up the distributors allotment list much faster. :evil:

I run across S&W ammo quite often on older smaller shops.
I buy it when I can only because I like having a stash of obscure ammo.
But I won't pay higher than UMC/WWWB prices for it.


bit of trivia...

S&W said that the only reason that they made .45acp ammo was because they bought the machinery for it in the deal. At that time the only .45acp gun that S&W made was the 6½" 25-2 1955 Target revolver.
Which is also why they never made .41 magnum ammo.
They only made the same calibers that Alcan did.

ps I absolutely despised those silly ten packs of S&W rifle ammo. Those plastic "packs" were made from tougher plastic than their Sigma frames.

[Series 70]

A few years ago my folks made me take a trunk of old belongings out of their house. Inside was a couple boxes that I remembered keeping brass in from my early shooting days. They contained about 500 pieces of S&W .45 ACP brass. I reloaded those a few times since, but I think I've gotten rid of most of it now.

[deuce20]

http://members.cox.net/m3b/images/SWammoRS800.JPG

I recently shot two boxes of the S&W factory .38SP +P and it was stout - perhaps, as stated in The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 2nd Edition, a result of S&W manufacturing their ammo with Fiocchi participation for awhile.

Some interesting flavors of S&W factory ammo I've collected and have offered for sale, L-R:

S&W Nyclad .357 Magnum 158-grain semi-wadcutter hollow point,

S&W Nyclad .38 Special 148-grain wadcutter flush with case,

S&W .38 Special +P 90-grain jacketed soft point for 2 to 2-1/2" snubbies

[pezo]

"had to recall it cause it didnt leave rifiling marks" why would this be bad?

[BluesBear]

had to recall it cause it didnt leave rifiling marks
That's interesting, I was a pretty good sized S&W dealer at the time Nyclad was introduced and I never knew of any such recall.

In spite of what Hollyweird the those cuties on CSI would have us believe, it really ain't all that easy to get clear rifling marks on ANY bullet.

[Rinspeed]

I would hold onto it especially if the boxes are in good shape. It will be worth some money someday.

Rinspeed