Antique Shotgun Shell Help....

[KimberTLE.45]

I helped my step-father's friend purchase his first firearm today - a 4" stainless Ruger GP100. I went with him to go pick it up and agreed to teach him and his wife to shoot it, he wanted to give me something in return but I declined. He ended up giving me some shotgun shells he found while sorting through his father in laws basement. They are quite interesting and I have not been able to find much info on them. The Box reads "Peters VICTOR U.S. Property Smokeless Shotgun Shells" on top and "Peters Rustless VICTOR Special Heavy Loads 00 Buck - 9 Pellets" They are paper shells but in awesome conditon. Looking for some general info about them, value, maybe when they would have been produced.

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[ReloaderFred]

My guess, and that's all it is, is that these were produced during World War II for guard details. All the prisoner chasers used shotguns.

To a collector, these should be a great find.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[KC0QGL]

I'd say put those on a shelf and just look at them. They could be worth some money to the right person.

 

[JohnBT]

There's an auction for a box of the U.S. Property shells at www.wardscollectibles.com and with 2 days left it's up to $27. Click on SHOTSHELL BOXES on the menu and the item number is 1043.

John

 

[JohnBT]

This is not about your shells, but interesting anyway. I didn't know some folks were paying $2000 and $3000 for a box of old shells.

www.news-antique.com/?id=783767&keys=Peters-Winchester-Blatchford-Marlin

"A fully sealed box of Peters Target 20-gage shotgun shells in near perfect condition sold for a new world auction record price of $2,966 in an online auction that ended January 23-24 by SoldUSA.com."

 

[deacon8]

I would say your box is shells are fairly collectible. From what I've seen, the Peter's shells marked "U.S. Property" seem to in fairly high demand (i.e. valuable). Also, they are buckshot, which would make them a little more rare as well.

For what it's worth, I saw an old, rare box of 10 gauge shells (Winchester I think) go for $12,000 or $13,000. Something like that. Your shells aren't going to be worth anywhere near that, just thought it was interesting.

 

[KimberTLE.45]

Looks like that auction is just the box... And I have the 25 shells inside!

 

[KevinAbbeyTech]

Wow, what a find!

 

[2RCO]

$50 shipped to Missouri!

 

[T191032]

Ruger GP-100 - He purchased a good revolver!

Shotgun shells - Yep, their value is dependant on the person looking at/for them.

I agree with the observation, “If we are in a recession, as many people want to believe, there was no evidence of that in this auction,” said Chris Roberts of SoldUSA.com." Certainly what I think when I go to auctions and watch people buy some things. . . LOL

 

[MMCSRET]

If you store them, keep them in a dark place so the colors on the box don't fade.