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Peters Cartridge Co. was founded in 1887 in Kings Mills, Ohio near Cincinnati. Much of the original building was destroyed in an explosion on July 15, 1890. In 1934, Remington purchased Peters. In 1944, production at the plant ceased and Peters ammunition was made in Remington's plant, and was identical to Remington products. Peters branded shotshells continued to be sold until the late 1960s.
I am probably wrong but I think I remember buying blue peters brand dove loads well into the seventies, like 1977 or 1978. Leftovers or were they still available that late maybe? Not argueeing(or however it's spelled) so please don't take it the wrong way just trying to remember. Tom
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About 40 years ago I picked up about 6 boxs of these old balloon head .44 special peters ammo. I bet its 80 or 90 years old now. I shot some of it up without a missfire. Still have a box or two left.
fordwannabe wrote:I am probably wrong but I think I remember buying blue peters brand dove loads well into the seventies, like 1977 or 1978. Leftovers or were they still available that late maybe? Not argueeing(or however it's spelled) so please don't take it the wrong way just trying to remember. Tom
I think it is very reasonable to think that ammo. that was produced into the late sixties, could take well into the seventies to get sold off the shelves.
If you think about all the places ammo. was sold back then.
The ammo. could very well have sat on shelves and collected dust for yrs. at a time.
The changeover was indeed gradual. I am told throughout the 50s, and well into the 60s, as dies needed changing they'd be made up with the R-P headstamp, but the old stuff soldiered on for quite some time.
R-P was leery of losing the Peters customers and weaned em slowly....
Oddly, though many balk at the "offshore" stuff, R-P had much of their brass made by their subsidiary in Brazil, which was later spun off and became CBC (aka magtech), which continues to make brass and shotshells on the same equipment R-P put there, plus of course some new stuff.....
Peter's Blue Magic shells were still being made and sold in '79 and '80.
I bough quite a few boxes while shooting on my company's trap league.
I reloaded them until they started coming apart.
You may remember the billboards advertising them as "Lab Approved".
casastahle wrote:If you think about all the places ammo. was sold back then.
Yeah, it's downright scary - the crime rate must have been horrendous 'back then', with hardware stores, grocery stores, etc., selling HANDGUN ammo . . .
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Sad really, about two yrs. ago went into a hardware store that had what was left of there ammo. inventory on a clearance shelf. About 5 or 6 boxes of various brand and caliber, noticed two old 70’s vintage boxes of Remington .243 Winchester 80 grain power-lokt hollow point ammo. Made an offer of $10.00 a box. Manager said sold, I want this stuff all out of here. We will never be selling this type of thing again in this store.
casastahle wrote:
I think it is very reasonable to think that ammo. that was produced into the late sixties, could take well into the seventies to get sold off the shelves.
If you think about all the places ammo. was sold back then.
The ammo. could very well have sat on shelves and collected dust for yrs. at a time.
Yeah, it's downright scary - the crime rate must have been horrendous 'back then', with hardware stores, grocery stores, etc., selling HANDGUN ammo . . .
I must be missing something here as every hardware store, grocery store, gas station, and most bars in my neck of the woods still sell ammo.
LAB APPROVED yup that's the stuff with picture of a black lab with a box of shells in it's mouth IIRC. Light blue casings with a low "brass" that may have been some other metal than brass (but that is fuzzy in my memory), I was only 12 in 1977. Tom
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