Ammo Box
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Ammo Box
One of the boxes my father in law had some papers in was some kind of ammo box
On the bottom from is: AMM. Box Cal. 50 M2
On the top it's stamped "reject."
This pic is very similar to what it looks like. Do we have a "treasure in the attic?"
I found something on line for about $10.00.
On the bottom from is: AMM. Box Cal. 50 M2
On the top it's stamped "reject."
This pic is very similar to what it looks like. Do we have a "treasure in the attic?"
I found something on line for about $10.00.
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Originally Posted by ralper,Dec 7 2005, 09:25 PM
Lainey,
The army surplus stores on Canal Street in Manhattan used to have thousands of these kinds of boxes. I don't think that they're worth too much.
The army surplus stores on Canal Street in Manhattan used to have thousands of these kinds of boxes. I don't think that they're worth too much.
No wealth for Rick's family I guess.
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50 Caliber M-2 Ammo is either circa late WWIII or more likely the Korea War. They do make good tool boxes. As Rob mentioned, I am sure that there are thousands of them in attics and garages all across the land.
My suggestion is that as your Grand Daughter is growing up in our "throw away" societity. Give it to her, tell here what it is and have her pass it along as a family treasure. At some time down the road, it will be priceless.
P.S. Nice to see that my friend Colin has joined us here on Vintage. Even though, he is in denial.
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Originally Posted by matt_inva,Dec 7 2005, 09:42 PM
...50 Caliber M-2 Ammo is either circa late WWIII or more likely the Korea War. They do make good tool boxes. As Rob mentioned, I am sure that there are thousands of them in attics and garages all across the land......
How come there are so many spread around the country....when we're still in the midst of WWIII? This sounds like an issue for Homeland Security....
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Ahhhh... memories.
The most lasting impression of .50 cal machine gun ammo boxes for me was at Fort Ord in the early 60s. There was a particular training exercise where you had to crawl under barbed wire with a 50 cal. machine gun shooting over your head at (what seemed like) 18 inches or so.
When we began the exercise, I immediately headed for the side of the range. One of my buddies asked me why I wasn't heading straight down the range in order to make the shortest path to the end. I yelled back, "look at the 2X12 that the machine gun is resting on". He rolled over and noticed that the gun had been placed on a board to ensure that it went back and forth at the same level as it was fired over the top of the crawling trainees. The problem was that the board had apparently been in use since WWI and it had a pronounced "dip" that had been worn to the point where, at the middle of the pass and toward the end of the range, it was shooting rounds several inches lower than toward the sides. From that point on, all the trainees followed me down the side of the range. The Drill Instructors were not amused.
The most lasting impression of .50 cal machine gun ammo boxes for me was at Fort Ord in the early 60s. There was a particular training exercise where you had to crawl under barbed wire with a 50 cal. machine gun shooting over your head at (what seemed like) 18 inches or so.
When we began the exercise, I immediately headed for the side of the range. One of my buddies asked me why I wasn't heading straight down the range in order to make the shortest path to the end. I yelled back, "look at the 2X12 that the machine gun is resting on". He rolled over and noticed that the gun had been placed on a board to ensure that it went back and forth at the same level as it was fired over the top of the crawling trainees. The problem was that the board had apparently been in use since WWI and it had a pronounced "dip" that had been worn to the point where, at the middle of the pass and toward the end of the range, it was shooting rounds several inches lower than toward the sides. From that point on, all the trainees followed me down the side of the range. The Drill Instructors were not amused.
