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October 2013


Two boxes of early Remington-UMC .22 rim fire.......

Here's a colorful old box of Remington-UMC .22 short rim fire cartridges. As the top label indicates, they are loaded with smokeless powder and have greased 29 grain bullets. In addition, the top label provides clues to pin down when the box was made. The first of these clues is the company address; Remington Arms Company and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company were combined to jointly market ammunition in 1911 as Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company. In early 1916, the companies were formally merged, and 'Incorporated' was appended to the company name. In addition, immediately after the merger of the two companies, the labels included split (or separate) Remington and UMC logos on the top labels On these early boxes the Remington and UMC logos were combined to a single Remington UMC in a red ball logo on one end of the side sealing label; the split logos may or may not appear on one side of the side-sealing label. By about 1913 the combined logo became standard on the top labels. The lack of 'Incorporated' or 'Inc' in the address and the presence of the combined logo on the top label of this box indicates that it was probably made from about 1913 to 1916. The rifle on the side-sealing label appears to be a Remington Model 12 slide action repeating rifle, made between 1909 and 1936.

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This pretty orange labeled box of .22 long rifle cartridges is a little earlier than the box above; it has the split logos on it's top label, indicating that it was probably made from 1911 to 1912.

The .22 long rifle was developed in 1888 by the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company; they called it the new .22 long rim fire cartridge at the time, and it was used at the Creedmoor Rifle Range at 200 yards with excellent results. The side-sealing label on this box indicates that the cartridges were made 'expressly for accurate shooting, up to 200 yards, in rifles with long chambers and increased twist'. 

 

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This insert from the long rifle box also addresses the fact that the cartridges were intended for accurate shooting at 200 yards, but, again, only when used in rifles with an increased (or tighter) twist of the rifling.

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.A coating of grease can be seen on the belted and grooved bullet in this picture of one of the  copper-cased .22 short cartridges, confirming that these are greased cartridges as indicated on the top label. The 'S' stamped in the neck of the cartridge case indicates that it is a smokeless load.

 

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The cartridges in the long rifle box also have copper cases and grooved, belted lead bullets. The powder used, as indicated on the label, is Lesmok. The case neck is stamped with an 'L'; which also is an indication that it is loaded with Lesmok powder.

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Remington-UMC used a number of other stamped letters on their .22 rim fire cartridges (and possibly other calibers as well). Examples of these other letters that I have seen include:

G  greased

U  ungreased

S-  the dash possibly indicates a semi-smokeless or low velocity smokeless load, or ??

 |   I have no clue what this mark is for

 

The pictures below show examples of these markings from cartridges in my collection. The four shorts are marked G, L, S-, and |. 

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The longs are marked L and U, and the long rifles are marked G, L and S.

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