Can anyone shed some light on these? Age/background. Got given a heap of old bullets etc. Thought I might use em one night this week....
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Can anyone shed some light on these? Age/background. Got given a heap of old bullets etc. Thought I might use em one night this week....
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CAC ammo from Auckland. Got probably 5-6 pretty tidy full packets of them. given to me by the next door neighbour years ago after the hubby died. used a few up before I realised they might be collectable. Maybe not.
seemed to work ok on possums
I used to use those in the mid late 60s, if i remember correctly
Got sim old paper shotgun shells also but I dont think I'll give them a bang
$2.50 a packet in the late 70s, I think the sub sonic packet was red
Yep used those in the 70's, still should be ok to use.
70's and iirc theres a target printed on the inside of the box.
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I'll have a look tonightQuote:
Originally Posted by muzza
Back in the day, they were 50c a packet and petrol was 50c a gallon.
Jeepers I have two boxes like that. They were left overs from when I use to take Dads .22 to school for target shooting - that was 1974/75 and yes they have a target printed on the inside. Fired off a few a couple of weeks ago and they went off as they should.
iv got an old pack of what I think is that same stuff - its green though where yours in blue
I knew a guy who as part of a syndicate bought 250 k rounds of .22 from CAC when they closed down.
I asked him ;"What did you shoot with all that ammunition?"
His answer was both simple and profound : "Everything".
Used to by at the local hardware shop early seventies.
No licence asked for and I guess not required.
In school uniform 13-15 years old.
62 cents a box from memory.
All those mass murders resulting from that .... tut tut.Quote:
Originally Posted by erniec
It was really desperate times when I had to do this.
We had to do it when the old man hid his supply or we used all his up.
Used up our fish and chip money.
63.12, guessing that's December 1963Quote:
Originally Posted by muzza
Yep, about 70 cents a packet.Quote:
Originally Posted by muzza
Could buy packet of them, two gallons of petrol and half a doz Waitemata all for $5 back then...
Definitely available up til the late seventies / early eighties from what I remember
Waitemata?Quote:
Originally Posted by Finnwolf
$2.5 in 1970 is $40 in 2019. Is that for 50 or 500?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Good hunting 22LR is only $8~10-ish for 50 rounds. Standard target ammo is about the $6.5~8 for 50 rounds.
Well remember drinking gallons of their Pale Ale when I lived in South Taranaki.Quote:
Originally Posted by muzza
I used to use those ones in the blue box and the ones in the green. The green box ones had silver cases from memory and 500 rds was $9.90. We would take our 303's and 308's goat shooting ($ 5 a box of CAC) and a brick each of 22 ammo. The plan was shoot the hi powers on the Saturday and Sunday was 22 day. We shot a lot of goats back in the early 70's with this ammo. Yep gas was .50 cents a gallon, bring back the old days when things were simple and relaxing.
Per 50Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultimitsu
Ammo took a massive drop in price when GST first came about...I only remember as I needed some .22 ammo and the two prices were on display, the current price and what it would be under GST...it was well worth waiting a few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultimitsu
Must be good if its above waikato. I will take that as a compliment.Quote:
Originally Posted by muzza
Leopard strong ale anyone remember that although what it has to do with CAC .22 quite frankly escapes me.
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Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Amazing how these threads drift off topic!
Now when I started driving petrol was 36c a gallon (8c a liter for the young ones) and I almost died when it went to 50c a gallon.
I can remember buying 30-06 armour-piercing for 75c a box of twenty, don’t ask how that was used up but it was FUN!
Just found a couple of random boxes of 22 ammo, one a Cobra brand, put out by Kilwell, anybody remember that brand?
The other box a fair bit older: a full packet of ICI High Velocity Long Rifle Non-Rusting, wording on the packet states ‘recommended for small game shooting at ranges from 75 to 200 yards’ - pretty optimistic eh!
Post up some pictures please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finnwolf
Yes I used a lot of the Cobra back in the Pest Board days. The bullet is the same as the old Winchester in the yellow boxes. Good ammo I still have a "fair" bit of it around. Bushman was another brand we used a bit. From memory they both shot a 37 gr Copperclad bullet at about 1240 fps. Good for all round pest control use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finnwolf
Have used a bit of Cobra. Killwell was bringing it out. PowerPoint came along n ‘took over’ so to speak. The Winchester in the gold packet (Superspeed?) was pretty good too. Don’t think u can get it anymore. I went to CCI after that.
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