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A friend gave me 4 pounds.

1 smittys $4.39

2 jewel box $2.44

3 fed mart $2.78

4 unknown

They all ignite, im thinking #1+#2 are at least 30 years old.

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Shot my coues last year with a round my uncle had reloaded around 1970.

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I have a can of H-380 that I picked up before I went into the Army in Jan of 78, so I'm thinking the 76-77 time frame. Used some of it about 5 years ago, everything went bang.

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Shot my coues last year with a round my uncle had reloaded around 1970.

Wow! My so called "dad" shot a load in 67 and I came around in 68. Oh sorry I went off track........ the jewel box and fed mart are what I thought was interesting I have only been in the heat box since 85. I thought those stores may have brought back a memory or a story. Im thirsty now.

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Wow, those are places from out of the past. I think Fed Mart has been gone for 40 yrs. I remember them all

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I have some items from yellow front if anyone remembers that? Smitty's man when I was 20 I used to stop for steak and eggs 2.99 every morning before work. Good times thanks for sharing. On another note I was with edge when he shot that deer and that round was older than me. Lol

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FedMart, wow.

I still recall being in one on a particular evening, think it was 22nd St in Tucson. On that eve, dad bought grandpa a .22 SAA style pistol for snake control out on his ranch in NM. Over in the electronics dept, I could see a Star Trek episode playing, Kirk was lecturing the Yanks and the Commies on the meaning of the US Constitution.

I inherited the .22

 

Funny I can remember that night almost 50 years ago, but I can't for the life of me recall what I had for breakfast yesterday.

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I have some items from yellow front if anyone remembers that? Smitty's man when I was 20 I used to stop for steak and eggs 2.99 every morning before work. Good times thanks for sharing. On another note I was with edge when he shot that deer and that round was older than me. Lol

Used to get that steak and eggs all the time. Great breakfast. I still have a pound of imr4350 powder from Smitty's. Just shot a 1/4 inch group with it. Still went bang.

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