Antique REMINGTON ARMS 12 GUAGE AMMO CRATE - Nitro Club

Description

For sale is an original REMINGTON ARMS 12 GUAGE AMMO CRATE made by the Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co., U.M.C. Bridgeport Works. Bridgeport, Conn. This superb crate has graphics on all four sides. Both long sides of the crate are marked: "STEEL LINED - Small Arms Ammunition - Loaded Shot Gun Cartridges - Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., U.M.C. Bridgeport Works. Bridgeport, Conn. U.S.A." Both short sides of the crate are marked "Nitro Club 500 12 GA" and include the company logo. The quality of the graphics on each side varies. This vintage crate has fingered corners and is excellent condition for its age. This box measures 14-3/4 inches by 9-1/2 inches by 9 inches. This crate is believed to date to the 1920s or 1930s. A top notch collectible ammo crate.
After automatic and semiautomatic firearms were invented in the late 1800s, the search for an alternative to black powder intensified. Several smokeless powders were also called nitro powders because their base ingredient was a derivative of nitroglycerin.
Remington Arms, America's oldest gunmaker, was founded in 1816 in Ilion Gulch, N.Y. Founder Eliphalet Remington II started the gun manufacture business after he claimed second place in a shooting contest with his handmade flintlock rifle. In 1865, E. Remington & Sons was incorporated and succeeding in the develop of the first hammerless solid breech repeating shotgun, first hammerless auto-loading shotgun, first successful high-power slide action repeating rifle and first lock breach auto-loading rifle. In 1912, after merging with Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the company was renamed Remington U.M.C. The new company developed the first paper shotshells and first cartridges for automatic pistols.