Old prices
- Thread starter El Jefe
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Owned 2 12 ga. Ithaca 37's over the years, great shoguns. In 1960, when Remington first brought out their plastic shells, I bought a box for waterfowl hunting. Had two misfires on first outing, then read an ad in The Rifleman, I think it was, that they would give you a box of shells if you had a misfire with one of their new shells. Unfortunately, I had tossed one of the rounds in the bay, but still had the other. Bundled it up with a note to claim my free shells.
A week or two later received a letter from Remington which read (from memory):
"We are sorry that you thought you had a misfire with our new ammo, but if you had inspected the round closely, you would have discovered a hole in the primer, indicating it was an inert round used on our display signs provided to ammunition dealers, not a live round."
Well, I do (did) not doubt that it was a dummy round, as stated, but I am absolutely sure there was no hole in the round I returned to them (for whatever reason), as I had closely inspected said round after the FTF. After inspecting the primer, which had a respectable FP impression, reinserted in the 37 and tried it one more time with same results before stating I had a misfire.
However, since I purchased the box of shells from a small country store that made a practice of selling individual rounds, boxes, or case lots of any ammo in stock. I am just as certain that the rounds were taken off the display and put in the box which I had purchased, as I am sure, that I had a misfire.
A week or two later received a letter from Remington which read (from memory):
"We are sorry that you thought you had a misfire with our new ammo, but if you had inspected the round closely, you would have discovered a hole in the primer, indicating it was an inert round used on our display signs provided to ammunition dealers, not a live round."
Well, I do (did) not doubt that it was a dummy round, as stated, but I am absolutely sure there was no hole in the round I returned to them (for whatever reason), as I had closely inspected said round after the FTF. After inspecting the primer, which had a respectable FP impression, reinserted in the 37 and tried it one more time with same results before stating I had a misfire.
However, since I purchased the box of shells from a small country store that made a practice of selling individual rounds, boxes, or case lots of any ammo in stock. I am just as certain that the rounds were taken off the display and put in the box which I had purchased, as I am sure, that I had a misfire.