Brand Used Test
Lot 322:
Three Vintage Western Ammunition Boxes, including Super-X Silvertip 'Bear Box' Examples
Description
This lot comprises three vintage cardboard boxes of “Western” brand center fire cartridges. Two boxes are labeled “Super-X Silvertip,” specifying “250-3000 Savage High Power” (100 Grain) and “300 Savage” (180 Grain), both featuring illustrations of a bear and a bullet. These examples align with the “Western Super-X Bear Box” consensus identified in web research. The third box, labeled “Western Cartridges 300 Savage” (150 Grain Lubaloy Open Point), displays a target graphic. All packaging indicates a quantity of “20” cartridges, “Smokeless Powder,” and “Non-Corrosive Priming.” Two boxes are open, revealing brass-cased cartridges with different bullet types.
Condition report:
The cardboard boxes exhibit visible wear, creasing, tears, and discoloration consistent with age and handling. Two boxes are open. The brass-cased cartridges within the open boxes show tarnish and varying degrees of surface discoloration or corrosion on the casings and bullet tips.
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