GeoDudeFlorida
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Yup. ‘96. Good guess!I have similar boxes of rifle ammunition - with similar price tags! - which I'm pretty sure were purchased in the late '90s or early '00s.
Descending caliber order?I have a few boxes of ammo from that era… and some older and newer, too.
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I think I need to get out and shoot more.
Stay safe.
Nope. I bought the ammo with the rifle in’96. I bought 4x 20- round boxes, never even opened two of them, so I would have good brass to reload Over the years I have been given more brass and now I’m going to be giving the unopened boxes, the brass, some Speer 250’s, my dies, a brick of LR primers and a pound of LVR to the new owner.You folks are way off on the dates of manufacture. The X indicates manufacture date of 1982 (or 1958, but it doesn't look a 1958 box...).
The price looks like 1982 also, by the 90s .358 was much more expensive.
Nope. I bought the ammo with the rifle in’96. I bought 4x 20- round boxes, never even opened two of them, so I would have good brass to reload Over the years I have been given more brass and now I’m going to be giving the unopened boxes, the brass, some Speer 250’s, my dies, a brick of LR primers and a pound of LVR to the new owner.
Correct.Of course, being .358, it may have been on the dealer's shelf for decades.
Absolutely!Of course, being .358, it may have been on the dealer's shelf for decades.
Back in the days of ten dollar surplus rifles, I guess ammo makers feared guys would rebarrel old 7x57 guns into .257 Roberts and blow them up. The original specs were pretty mild, it was basically a longer .250-3000..257 roberts +P? i wasn't aware rifle ammo had +P designations
X3851 is just the product code. The X doesn't signify the year. Look at post #5 - there are multiple winchester boxes of ammo with an X prefix for the product code.
Google "winchester 358 win 200 grain" and look at the images. Any box that has a product code on the side shows X3851.
Holy velocity Batman! Is that 257 Roberts 117gr at 2960fps???? The 25-06 version of that load only does 2900fps out of my 26in barrel Remington 700!I have a few boxes of ammo from that era… and some older and newer, too.
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I think I need to get out and shoot more.
Stay safe.
The Hornady Light Magnum ammo, the predecessor to the Superformance stuff today, had some…optimistic velocity numbers sonetimes. I guess one could get their claimed velocity with identical rifles to what they used. I don’t think my 722 gets that speed, but I do know the gun doesn’t shoot it all that well. (Too long a bullet for the twist I think.)Holy velocity Batman! Is that 257 Roberts 117gr at 2960fps???? The 25-06 version of that load only does 2900fps out of my 26in barrel Remington 700!