Description
Remington Kleanbore .22 Long Rifle Standard Velocity – Original 1946-1959 Era Box
This Remington Kleanbore Standard Velocity .22LR box is an original postwar rimfire cartridge package from the 1946-1959 era, labeled for Standard Velocity .22 Long Rifle Cartridges. The box carries the familiar Remington Kleanbore branding with DuPont marking, and it identifies a box of 50 rimfire cartridges. With its strong green and red graphics and clearly printed product identity, it stands as a solid period ammunition box for collectors of postwar sporting ammunition and cartridge packaging.
Remington Kleanbore Standard Velocity .22LR
The package is marked Remington Kleanbore Standard Velocity and clearly identifies .22 Long Rifle on multiple visible panels. It also shows product code 6122, along with the period DuPont branding associated with Remington ammunition packaging of the era. The stated loading is a 40 grain lead round nose in a brass case, packed as a box of 50 rimfire cartridges. Those details give the box a very complete period identity and make it more appealing than a generic empty .22 carton.
Construction / Configuration / Pattern
This is a period folding paperboard ammunition box in the compact commercial rimfire format used for boxed .22 Long Rifle cartridges. The outer body uses a dark green base with contrasting white and red print, which gives the package its distinctive postwar Remington appearance. The visible panels repeat the Kleanbore and Standard Velocity markings, while the cartridge type appears as .22 Long Rifle. The box is associated with product code 6122 and with a loading that used a 40 grain lead round nose bullet in a brass case. The quantity is marked as 50 rimfire cartridges, which follows the standard commercial packing format for .22 ammunition of the period.
Historical Context / Provenance / Development
Boxes like this tell an important part of the story of postwar American shooting culture. By the late 1940s and into the 1950s, .22 Long Rifle ammunition was one of the most common sporting and utility cartridges in the United States. It served for target shooting, training, small game use, and general recreational shooting. Because of that broad role, manufacturers put real effort into branding, load identity, and consumer recognition. The Kleanbore name reflects exactly that kind of period marketing, where ammunition companies emphasized cleanliness, consistency, and modern manufacture as selling points.
The 1946-1959 dating also places this box in a useful collecting window. It belongs to the early postwar era, when American ammunition packaging still carried strong mid-century design language but had already moved well beyond the earlier prewar box styles. For collectors, that matters. A box like this is not just a container for cartridges. It is part of the material culture of the American rimfire market during the years when postwar hunting, target shooting, and sporting firearms ownership expanded sharply.
The Remington and DuPont association adds further character. That branding immediately places the box within a recognizable phase of 20th-century American ammunition production. In practical terms, this means the box works well not only as a standalone cartridge collectible, but also as an accessory for a period .22 rifle display, a store counter grouping, or a broader postwar ammunition collection.
Condition
This example presents well overall for a period paper ammunition box. The graphics remain strong, and the green body with red and white print still displays clearly. Light edge wear, corner wear, and general age are present, which is typical for a surviving box of this type. Even so, the product markings remain easy to read, and the overall appearance stays clean enough for strong display value.
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