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I recently got two boxes of Sierra 50 Grain .224 Spitzers as a gift from another member here.
One box has a "shoebox" slip fit cover and says Manufactured by Harris Machine Co. Riviera, Calif. This box is adark Green with an embossed texture and a lime green label.
The other box Has a hinged top and has all 4 corners of the box reinforced with steel clips as well as the front corners of the lid. It's labelled Manufactured by Sierra Bullets, Inc. Whittier, Calif. It is Dark Green smooth cardboard with SIERRA BULLETS INC embossed on the front of the lid. The label on the box is a very light aqua/green color.
Does anybody have any idea as to when these were made? I still plan on shooting them but curiosity killed the cat. Rockydog
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20th, 2009 02:15 AM |
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The shoebox has to be very early 70's at the latest.I started buying them in the mid 70's and they had the hinged box.
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i too only recall the metal corners but thought ( this is only a opinion now ..) that the metal corners were older than the 70's ?( or i just seen some that looked really really old !) i like everything about the new boxes but the price lolz ( and that seems to be affixed to old stock as well )my last vintage purchase was 77 grain norma's in 6.5 but make no mistake i plan on shooting them 
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RD, Just looked at my stash 3 boxes of 130gr and 3 boxes of 150gr in .270cal. metal corners and all. About 10 years ago I reloaded about 250 of these rounds and one box did not have the protective wrapper around them and the bullets had gotten fuzzie so I put them in the tumbler and they cleaned right up, the fuzz indicates some sort bi-metalic action, I mean these rascals were old but shot well. My son bought them at an estate sale. there is no way I can date them, and the .270 is long gone. Half
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20th, 2009 12:56 PM |
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I started reloading in the mid 70s and repurchased bullets in boxes with the metal corners until about 80.
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Harris Machine Co. began manufacturing Sierra Bullets in 1947 in Riviera, Ca. In 1952 they became an independent co, Sierra Bullets Inc., and sold by Harris. They were in Whittier Ca.from 1952 or 53 until 1963 when they moved to Santa Fe Springs, Ca. That's the best I can do to date your bullets. As far as I know nobody collects this old reloading stuff on any basis where it would appreciate in value.
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Thanks Swampshooter. Think I'll save the boxes but the bullets will probably be donated to some deserving prairie poodles. RD
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Rockydog, that sounds like a plan to me. 
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swampshooter wrote: Harris Machine Co. began manufacturing Sierra Bullets in 1947 in Riviera, Ca. In 1952 they became an independent co, Sierra Bullets Inc., and sold by Harris. They were in Whittier Ca.from 1952 or 53 until 1963 when they moved to Santa Fe Springs, Ca. That's the best I can do to date your bullets. As far as I know nobody collects this old reloading stuff on any basis where it would appreciate in value.
Looks like you're pretty much right. I was working for a gun shop in San Francisco starting in 1964 and was there untillate 1966 when the boss and I had a disagreeement and I quit. I believe the metal reinforced boxes were dropped right about the time I started working there as I stil have one box of 180 gr.bullets left that has the metal edges. I bought several thousand of those bullets in 1966 and still have about 5 boxes left, and only one was with the metal edges. None of the boxes are marked Pro-hunters. Boxes were priced at $5.95 but I got them at cost as an employee. Still one of my favoriye bullets for the 30-06. Dunno when the "shoe box" type of packaging was discontinued. Probably well before I started handloading for rifles I was loading for a .38 Spl. starting in late 1954 but didn't start with rifles until maybe 1957 or 58 and that was for the 30-30 using home cast bullets.
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I have some of these old bullets. I just shoot them.
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