Peters packs the Power

[Frank Srebro]

So, I've been at the range this week checking the sighting of deer rifles. Our regular PA deer season opens on Monday. Over the past few years I've hunted mainly with vintage rifles and one of my favorites is an old Winchester 71 in 348 caliber. She has a Lyman 56 receiver sight and I can still see the front bead pretty well. :)

When I was a kid I became enamored with Peters cartridges, both rifle and shotgun. The company's magazine adverts hit a chord with me, with the phrase Peters packs the Power and graphics showing hunters taking brown bears with 30/06's, and dropping turkeys flying high overhead while using high brass 2's. :bowdown:

Nowadays you'd better have an ultra magnum or shoot for the gobbler's head with fine shot.

Nostalgia can be powerful. I still like Peters shells and here's a cell pic of my Model 71. The cartridges are as crackly and stiff kicking as when made in the 50's. Just goes to show that good guns and ammo will hold up over time.

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[Dave Noreen]

Great picture of a "classic" Winchester. Only thing that would make it better would be a box of these --

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[charlie cleveland]

nice rifle and in a great calibre...nice shell boxes....charlie

[Rich Anderson]

I wish I had that rear sight on my M71.

[edgarspencer]

I wish I had that rear sight on my M71.

They're out there. I got one from Ken Bean, at the Baltimore show. Look on ebay, as they turn up there fairly often too.

[edgarspencer]

I didn't have a box of Peters to photo with my '71. I love the older Peters graphics, especially on their shotshell boxes.
I did have a nice box to go with another of my lever guns. I have two in 38-55, and while the other has set triggers, it isn't as pretty as this one. That tang site is one of the more rare Lymans, with windage behind the pan.

[charlie cleveland]

i bet that 38- 55 is a good deer round..nice rifle and box of shells...the 38-55 is not a common seen round....charlie

[John Dallas]

Frank You need this warm weather vest, no size shown, but was my Dad's and he was about 6', 190#

[James L. Martin]

Here's my 71 deluxe with a bolt peep.

[Frank Srebro]

Thanks John, nice vest but I think it will be a little small. :)

[Phil Yearout]

And for something a little different...

https://i.imgur.com/LAWbUPvl.jpg

[George Lang]

Very nice Phil. Looks like my rig except for the scope, mine has a full adjustable tang site. Only have one more full box of Savage left.

[Rich Anderson]

The 250 Savage is a great deer cartridge. I have one in a pre64 M70 unfortunately the rifles originally chambered in it had a 1:14 twist rate IIRC to stabilize the light bullets used to get the advertised 3000 FPS. With very careful hand loading I can get just over an inch at 100 yards with a 100gr spritzer bullet.

I should sell it and buy a more modern rifle with a quicker twist rate but what fun would that be??:)

[Mark Landskov]

https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=160

This ammunition is not cheap, but, it duplicates original ballistics. It is newly made, reliable, and is not collectible.

Also...... https://www.midwayusa.com/250-savage/br?cid=9359

[Randy Davis]

Peters Ammunition advertising from 1917... Gotta love their colorful ads

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[Dave Suponski]

Randy, That is a great piece of advertising. Thanks for posting it.

[Randy Davis]

Thanks... only have a few pieces of Peters shot shell and trap advertising.

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[Bill Murphy]

Did Model 71s with the bolt peep have a dovetail in the barrel for a leaf sight?

[Frank Srebro]

All that I've seen had a filler "blank" in the barrel dovetail slot.

[James L. Martin]

Bill, look at the photo of my 71 with a bolt peep and you can see the filler blank,they all had a dovetail cut in the barrel for a rear sight. The photo is on pages 1 of this thread.

[Randy Davis]

Before they Packed the Power... There was "Steel where steel belongs"
This nice 20 page booklet from the teens showing Peters Shot Shells manufactured by The Peters Cartridge Company...

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[Dave Suponski]

Randy, Yur killin me......:rotf: Great stuff!

[Randy Davis]

:) Thanks Dave... There`s just something about that colorful paper!

[charlie cleveland]

the ads are really great..the old peters shells are my favorite i still have a few boxes of 10 ga blue paper that i use spareingly....charlie

[Randy Davis]

Charlie, shoot the shells... But save the boxes:)

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[Mark Landskov]

Save the boxes, and the ammunition inside of them. Collectible cartridges are no longer manufactured.

[Randy Davis]

If you have a box full of these...

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[Randy Davis]

Peters Shot Shells... The Kind That Won the 1911 Grand American Handicap... Seldom seen is this framed Shotshell Crate Insert from the teens, advertising Peters shells.

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[charlie cleveland]

some great stuff here...charlie