Old Box Of Peters 16 Ga. RS's (pic)

Roundsworth · 11-02-2011, 09:11 AM

Edgar, that is a very nice 'Salesman's Kit'. They command premium prices. A great find!

Autumn Daze · 11-02-2011, 10:41 AM

Edgar, I have salesmans sample very similar to yours but made by Federal. i love this stuff. Have you read the book "Peters and King"? A great source of info there. And a pretty nice coffee table book to boot1

OLD GEEZER · 11-02-2011, 11:08 AM

Here are a few more and one of them I have no idea whats inside. I just can't get myself to open it. Someone might know on here. Thomas

Roundsworth · 11-02-2011, 11:30 AM

I have been slowly acquiring reprinted catalogs for WRA Co., UMC and Remington, plus Eley-Kynoch-Nobel. Peters and Western have been elusive. I will keep looking though. Dave, the Peters book you mention, does it have timelines and such? Are there good photos? I don't want a history of the company that does not illustrate changes and new items. Cheers!

Autumn Daze · 11-02-2011, 12:00 PM

Yes it does Mark. Found mine on ABE Books.

Opening Day · 11-02-2011, 12:18 PM

Does anyone have a photo of a shellbox, I think it is a Peter's box of a Duck that is landing on the water quacking. I remember seeing it someway and I was sure it was a Peters box.

edgarspencer · 11-02-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric Eis

Does anyone have a photo of a shellbox, I think it is a Peter's box of a Duck that is landing on the water quacking. I remember seeing it someway and I was sure it was a Peters box.

UMC, Winchester and Peters have all used ducks in their label lithography.
Here's the hottest of the Peters boxes.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160670544412...84.m1438.l2649

There is another, like the above linked one. It is over $300 right now.

edgarspencer · 11-02-2011, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Landskov

Edgar, that is a very nice 'Salesman's Kit'. They command premium prices. A great find!

There was a later Peters sample box on ebay last week that brought $299, but it was marked 'DuPont'. This set and a Winchester set were given to my dad when he was in High school, and writing a paper on something to do with shotshells. As a kid, I wrecked the Winchester box, for which I will forever be remorseful about.