I was gifted this brick or 22 lr. Anyone know about how old it is?

[Rustygun]

Loans story short this was given to me (with a few other things) and the short story is it was in the closet from a couple of ex husbands ago. Indicated that it was 3-4 decades old. Anyone have a way to check the age or estimate how old?

It appears to be a full brick of lead round nose but I did not see bullet weight anywhere. I am going to shoot it and see if there are Lots of duds.

 

[Bocephus123]

1972 12 month my guess

 

[Catt57]

This should help. It looks like the LR-2 1983 version maybe.

https://www.wardscollectibles.com/22-box-id/USA.php
https://www.wardscollectibles.com/22-box-id/USA/Federal.pdf

 

[Bocephus123]

I Could be way off base! i do remember those boxes

 

[Bocephus123]

archive i found said blue gold box 1979 ish

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

This should help. It looks like the LR-2 1979 version maybe.

https://www.wardscollectibles.com/22-box-id/USA.php
https://www.wardscollectibles.com/22-box-id/USA/Federal.pdf

What a great website! Thanks for posting that.

 

[Rugerscout80]

I remember picking up those at the local hardware store in the 80s with my dad.

 

[RickN]

I still have a brick or two and have never had an issue with them. Closet kept for the most part.

 

[Rugerscout80]

I have 2 boxes of the Red lightening boxes. I have probably 10 or so boxes of the old CCI stinger boxes where the plastic was blue. I love shooting .22

 

[Rustygun]

Wow what an incredible amount of information. Thanks for responding with this web site. the people at ok shooters are the best. It would have been easy to criticize me for misspelling and grammatical errors in my original post but instead this group responded with good information and lots of advice.