This Western Cartridge Company manufactured yellow, blue and red cardboard box with the picture of the broken clay target contains all 50 rounds of Super-X extra clean wax coated 22 LR ammunition with brass cases and No. 12 chilled shot and is in good condition with moderate wear and stains. A piece of the colorful layer of paper is missing from each end flap and the right end flap has been re-attached to the box by a peice of masking tape on the inside of the end flap. The product code "K1268R" is printed on the front panel. The bottom of the box displays the ownership lines "WESTERN CARTRIDGE COMPANY, East Alton, Ill., U.S.A. / Division of OLIN INDUSTRIES, INC.". This box displays thumb cuts on both ends of the box and the end flaps read "RANGE / 1 MILE / BE CAREFUL". The brass casings display the "SU-1" headstamp and have a tarnish present.

Date of Manufacture: This style box was introduced in 1947 and was produced until 1953.

Note: This box is similar to the Huegel # WCC-8 LR-4(a) variation. The differences observed are that this box displays blue printing as opposed to black, the casings are brass and are NOT nickel washed, and the bottom of the box does not match Huegel's sample photo. The differences observed on the bottom of the box are the heading "Super-X 22 L. R. Shot Cartridges" is printed in red ink, "Division of OLIN INDUSTRIES, INC." is printed is small letters, and the wording is different because this is a 22 LR Shot box.

This box is LRS-15 in Huegel's Super-X Checklist.

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