What a fun and frustrating few hrs today!!

[fnfalguy]

So I won an auction earlier this week and picked up a Stevens SxS in 16ga and a couple of lots of ammunition.

I cant wait to shoot the Stevens, but the ammo boxes were the head scratcher. I have an odd collection but this was nuts. From what I can tell so far were:
270 Winchester
303 Savage
6.5 Carcano
30 Carbine (including .mil tracer)
45 Steel Case WWII .mil
9mm
7mm
351 SLR
9mm Bergmann
9mm Steyr
38 Auto
30/30
32 S&W long
32 S&W
32 ACP
25 ACP
30-40 Krag
45-70
.410
6.5 Jap
303 British
30-06
8mm Mauser
12 gauge blanks
20 gauge bird & slugs
16 gauge bird & slugs
577 Snider
6.5x55
Some 20 gauge reworked to 577 Snider
.22 LR
.22 mag
38 special
357 mag

and quite a few Im still trying to figure out.

Then a Mossberg S130 sight
A Colt Ace .22 magazine
a lovely schrade pocket knife
and a bunch of other random items

Probably gonna be some ammo listed for sale once I get a handle on what there is. I only wish I had the desire to start a collection.

 

[Saltwater60]

Cool. I need to go to an auction.

 

[1075tech]

I have a home for the 351 SL if you need.

 

[tapper3]

That was a nice score for you, guy.

I bet an 1899 Savage owner will be willing to take that .303 off your hands. That's getting a little hard to find.

I found a carbine in .303 Savage at a yard sale on a back country road 30 years ago. No price on it. I asked the woman if she was selling it or keeping it there to deal with shoplifters. She was selling it and gave me a price I couldn't pass up. I really had no use for it but it was a bargain !!!!!!!!!!!! And I had an idea where it might end up.

Took it to a gun show in Utica and tracked down old Charlie McCarthy, a dealer from Speculator who had a fondness for 1899's and old Winchesters. I doubled my money on that sale and the closer of the deal was the 2 partial boxes of ammo that came with the gun.

 

[fnfalguy]

In the end, it was great going through the stuff, but also sad thinking this would be similar to what’s it would be like when I pass.

I only wish I was a cartridge collector or wanted to be one. The US govt steel cased 45 is a fantastic place to start if I was.

 

[tapper3]

^^^^^
I know what you mean. I have just one child and I often tell him I am spending his inheritance and increasing the amount of stuff he will have to deal with someday. He says, "Go ahead, have at it."