Description
Remington Kleanbore SV .22 Long Rifle 500-Round Box – Original DuPont Era Package
This Remington Kleanbore Standard Velocity .22 Long Rifle 500-round box is an original DuPont-era bulk carton for 500 rim fire .22 long rifle cartridges. The green box carries the classic Remington Kleanbore and DuPont branding, along with the Standard Velocity designation and the product code 6122. As a result, it stands as a strong mid-century ammunition package for collectors of rimfire material, sporting ammunition boxes, and period gun shop display items.
Remington Kleanbore SV .22 Long Rifle 500-Round Box
The box is marked Remington Kleanbore Standard Velocity and identifies the contents as 500 rim fire .22 long rifle cartridges. Several visible panels repeat the same branding, with one side noting for rifles-revolvers and autoloading pistols. That wording gives the carton a practical period identity and reflects the broad utility role .22 Long Rifle held in American shooting culture. Compared with smaller 50-round boxes, a bulk carton like this has stronger shelf presence and better display appeal.
Construction / Configuration / Pattern
This is a period folding paperboard bulk ammunition carton in the larger 500-round commercial format. The outer body uses a dark green base with white and red print, a style closely associated with Remington’s postwar Kleanbore packaging. The top panel identifies Standard Velocity .22 Long Rifle Cartridges, while the side panels repeat the Kleanbore name and the DuPont mark. The box also shows the product code 6122. One end panel is marked 500, which helps distinguish it from the more common smaller retail cartons. The inner flap and tray arrangement also remain visible, adding to its period packaging character.
Historical Context / Provenance / Development
Boxes like this belong to the mature postwar period of American rimfire ammunition, when .22 Long Rifle had become one of the most common cartridges in the country. It served for target shooting, small game hunting, farm use, informal practice, and general utility shooting. Because of that wide market, ammunition companies developed highly recognizable packaging that balanced brand identity with straightforward performance claims. Remington Kleanbore SV .22 Long Rifle 500-Round fits squarely into that world.
The DuPont association places the carton in a useful collecting window, when Remington ammunition packaging still carried the combined branding familiar to mid-century shooters. The phrase Standard Velocity also matters. It reflects a period when ammunition makers clearly separated everyday rimfire loads by speed, intended use, and firearm compatibility. The added wording for rifles-revolvers and autoloading pistols reinforces that broad-purpose role and shows how the company presented this ammunition to the sporting market.
A 500-round carton also tells a slightly different story than a standard 50-round box. It points to regular use rather than occasional purchase. Bulk packaging like this was practical for shooters who used rimfire ammunition in quantity, whether for range work, pests, training, or routine field use. For collectors today, that gives the box added appeal. It is not only a cartridge package. It is also a piece of the everyday shooting economy of the period.
Condition
This example shows honest shelf and storage wear consistent with a surviving period paper ammunition carton. Edge wear, corner wear, rubbing, and flap wear are present throughout. The graphics remain strong overall, and the main branding still reads clearly on all major panels. Even with visible handling wear, the green body, white text, and red accent panels give it solid display value.
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