GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
RARE NEW HAVEN ARMS FULL BOX OF 44 FLAT HENRY CARTRIDGES. NEW HAVEN ARMS BOX of 50 - 44 RF HENRY Rare 1860s full box of New Haven Arms 44 Henry flat nose cartridges in a kraft colored cardboard box with green and black label. It is filled with all 50 rds of copper cased, flat nosed cartridges with raised "H" in a well-defined circle. The label has decorative scroll borders and is referred to in the book One Hundred Years of Winchester Cartridges Boxes 1856-1956, Giles & Shuey, as the wide "4s" variant. The book gives it a rarity of 3 on a scale of 1 to 5. These boxes are also referred to as "military boxes" due to the similarity of artwork to that of the later Frankford Arsenal cartridges boxes. While these boxes are occasionally encountered they are rarely found with all 50 rds of orig ammunition with bright clean label such as we have here. CONDITION: Very fine. Label is completely intact, showing some rubs, with all artwork and printing completely legible. Lid has two broken corners and the bottom has one broken end on bottom edge with some old water damage. Ammunition shows dark copper cases with lightly oxidized lead bullets. A fine, complete and orig box. 49608-16 JR (5,000-8,000)