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Ron_Vella
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Value of original Kynoch 500-.465 loads?
#112249 - 22/08/08 09:12 AM

In a small gun shop today I found a box of these. This is not the familiar red and yellow box but an all-yellow one, printed “For Holland’s 500-.465”. The box is in good condition, all 10 rounds are there and don’t appear to have ever been removed from their paper wrapping. The cartridges are in pristene condition. I almost bought them as an investment but then thought that I should try to get a feel for their worth and for what demand exists for them. Any thoughts or advice?

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Nakihunter
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Re: Value of original Kynoch 500-.465 loads? [Re: Ron_Vella]
#112254 - 22/08/08 09:33 AM

I would check the Holt auction site to see what they sold for in the past.

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1980E26
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Re: Value of original Kynoch 500-.465 loads? [Re: Ron_Vella]
#112256 - 22/08/08 10:14 AM

Ronvella,

The yellow label box is an earlier box vs the yellow and red. There should be a date code on the back which will tell when it was made. Email me the date code and I can give you the manufacture date. I would give no more than $5-6 a piece including the box. There is a lot of this stuff out there if you know where to look. Definately not an investment. But interesting to have if you are a collector of English ammo or double rifles.

Corbin

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Re: Value of original Kynoch 500-.465 loads? [Re: 1980E26]
#112264 - 22/08/08 12:18 PM

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Ronvella,

The yellow label box is an earlier box vs the yellow and red.

Not necessarily. Kynoch introduced the familiar red & yellow box for nitro in 1936, but batches loaded for specific gunmakers' contracts (H & H, Rigby, etc.) were usually not put up in standard Kynoch packaging. These lots sometimes bore the typical Kynoch date codes, but usually did not. Kynoch for H & H with a yellow label could easily post-date the standard red & yellow box. The date on these is often not coded at all, but simply stamped on the box - for example 101150 would be November 10, 1950. The standard Kynoch date code is a number followed by two letters - day, month, year.

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Ron_Vella
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Re: Value of original Kynoch 500-.465 loads? [Re: 400NitroExpress]
#112282 - 22/08/08 10:23 PM

I should have written down the exact wording but I got the impression from the wording that Kynoch had loaded these specifically for H&H.

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