I FOUND A STASH OF 22 rimfire!!!

[jackieschmidt]

My wife was opening some old boxes from her mother‘s estate, and found these.

Revelation Super Range 22 Short By Western Auto Supply Co. » Harry Viezens Fine Guns

item 1055

www.harryviezensfineguns.com

Anybody Know anything about the company that made these for Western Auto? Judging from the price tag, must have been from long ago in a galaxy far away.

 

[thekriebles]

Manufactured by Federal; likely in the 1970's with its plastic tray inside the box:

Collectible Western Auto Revelation .22lr Ammo

Collectible Western Auto Revelation .22LR Ammo This auction is for 1 box of 50 rounds of Collectible Western Auto Revelation .22LR Ammo in excellent condition

www.gunauction.com

 

[SSL]

My wife was opening some old boxes from her mother‘s estate, and found these.

anybody Know anything about this company? Judging from the price tag, must have been from long ago in a galaxy far away.


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Revelation was the store brand for Western Auto stores. Used to be a lot of them in the 50's - 70's. I still have a box of 12-gauge shells from them.

 

[butchlambert]

I was a Western Auto Store manager in the early 60s. Some were Federal and some Winchester.

 

[nakneker]

Shot a bunch of those when I was kid in the seventies. Haven’t seen that box or heard that name in decades. Fun!

 

[jackieschmidt]

Revelation was the store brand for Western Auto stores. Used to be a lot of them in the 50's - 70's. I still have a box of 12-gauge shells from them.

These Shorts remind me of my childhood.

We had an river camp on the Sabine River at Deweyville. My brothers and I each had a single shot 22.

My Dad would not let us shoot anything but Shorts or Longs, no Long Rifle.he said they were too powerful.

I still have my Marlin 22 with the micro groove barrel.

 

[D Coots]

Shorts really worked well for shooting rabbits at night in town, I've been told.

 

[dannyjbiggs]

There was a Western Auto Store in my hometown of Rogers, AR. I remember it as a general hardware store. In the 50's, I purchased a gazillion of .22 bullets from them...shorts, longs, and long rifle.

 

[Charles]

Shorts really worked well for shooting rabbits at night in town, I've been told.

Heard the same thing

 

[snert]

Wow trip down memory lane there!

 

[scasa]

There was a Western Auto Store in my hometown of Rogers, AR. I remember it as a general hardware store. In the 50's, I purchased a gazillion of .22 bullets from them...shorts, longs, and long rifle.

I didn't have a .22 back then but I lived next door to Pete's auto glass in the 60's in Rogers AR

 

[jds holler]

My first 22 rifle was a Western Auto Revelation; single shot bolt action. Can't remember if the model was made by Marlin or Mossberg. Maybe someone can tell by the pic. This is me and it in the 60's. And no, I didn't shoot my eye out. jd

 

[jdh47]

Looks like a Federal head stamp. Western Auto was cool. I've got dad's old Western Auto garden tiller. My nephew used it a lot. I tried to give it to him and he declined. Said he'd walked a thousand miles behind it. I told him he's lucky I had nothing but a shovel and fork.

 

[redrockranger]

Shorts really worked well for shooting rabbits at night in town, I've been told.

Do yo hire out ? Pesky rabbit sampled one our peppers and a few radishes ?

 

[Kracken McGraw]

My first 22 rifle was a Western Auto Revelation; single shot bolt action. Can't remember if the model was made by Marlin or Mossberg. Maybe someone can tell by the pic. This is me and it in the 60's. And no, I didn't shoot my eye out. jd

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The rear tang-shroud looks like a Mossberg to me.

 

[LHSmith]

This thread reminded me that somewhere I have a box of Revelation 16 guage shells with purple hulls. If I am not mistaken, this brand was sold in other retail franchises besides Western Auto. I recall guys buying them thinking they got a bargain at such a cheap price thinking the box read "Remington".