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Just stumbled onto a picture of the elusive Remington brass .410-bore cases.  They are marked Remington Arms Co., Inc., so after 1920.
Last edited by Researcher; 03/20/09 10:38 PM.
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'tho neither fine nor a double, I have a near new "Springfield" (Stevens) single .410 marked "1929 Model" on the barrel. It has an apparently original 2 1/2" chamber. I've seen identical Stevens/Springfield/Eastern Arms/You Name It miniature frame singles that had .410 3" chambers and also some that were marked 12mm/.410 and more than one that was ".44XL Shot". But never saw one that was model-dated before (what a year to commemorate). Anybody else seen a "1929 Model" Stevens-type single or did they drop the designation after the Crash? (At least there's no blood pitting on the muzzle area of mine....) Mike--My father's old Eastern Arms Company .410 is exactly as you describe: marked "1929 Model" on the barrel. It's about as far removed from "near new" as you can imagine, but then Dad shot a bunch of squirrels, rabbits, and pheasants (often out the window of either the 1937 or 1948 Dodge) with that gun. I attribute the onset of hearing loss to "going hunting" with Dad when he'd spot a rooster sitting in a road ditch. It originally had a 2 1/2" chamber which Dad had lengthened to 3" at some point. I learned to shoot with that gun, before inheriting my older brother's much more modern Stevens .410 single. Not as trim as Dad's, but in significantly better condition! My mother, brother and I pooled our resources one Christmas and bought Dad a J.C. Higgins bolt action .410, with a tube magazine. You would've thought it was a Purdey! But Dad always preferred that old Eastern Arms single.
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L.Brown, thanks for the memories--I like 'em! Glad to know that my Springfield could stand the pressure of the "awesome" .410 magnum ctg., although I have no intention of rechambering this one. I assume that many of the users of "1929 Model" Stevens' had no particular bad associations with that year, being rural folks. When I lived in southern Wisconsin many years ago, I used to discuss famuly histories with some of the landowners I hunted with. Their attitude toward the Great Depression was "WHAT Depression???" (To them every bad crop year was a "Depression" and every good year one more of the "Roaring '20s".).
VERY, very, OT: in addition to my .410 addiction, I'm addicted to crime/mystery trash novels. Reading Don Winslow's "The Dawn Patrol," (those of you who detest SoCal can tune out now--it's largely about surfing...), I find a .410 in the hands of a very angry migrant worker, the first .410 I've ever encountered in fiction. It has a safety (which he can't find), so I bet it is a J.C Higgins bolt action, like your Dad's!
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Looking for the peters 410 2.5" box with picture of squirrel on top for my collection of ammo boxes. I have one in real bad condition. Does anyone have one for sale or willing to trade for other boxes/winchester stuff. I have a lot of advertising pieces from pre 1930's.
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Looking for a peters 410 box with squirrel on top for my collection. If anyone has one let me know. Interested in purchasing it. I have one is real bad condition and am looking to upgrade.
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Yup, the squirrel box is a $4000.00 box. I want one too. You should have upgraded at the Ward auction for a little less, very little less, than $4000.00. Can we see a picture of yours in less than acceptable condition?
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