Wanda Cartridge shotshell cardboard box that is near mint for 20 gauge yellow shells. The original box is flat and has never been used or folded. Empty boxes. Hard to find in this fine condition. When you purchase the box you can fold it to make a classic shotshell cardboard box for display or to hold shells. The code printing on the box shows Century Papers Inc. was the printer of the box and I think their date system states July 1968 which is probably the date the box was printed.   Group

The vintage 20 gauge shells where transparent yellow in color. Wanda Cartridge Company was in Manvel, Texas, a suburb of Houston from 1965 to 1972. The production yellow shells started in 1971. Their shells were one of the first see through plastic shot shells made. This is a empty box and no shells are included.

About 43 years old!

Copy on the box: Wanda shot shells are precision loaded on the most modern and fully automatic equipment available. The high standard of quality assures the shooter of dependable performance under all conditions. All components, from the ultra modern all plastic hull to the extra hard shot, are carefully selected and manufactured to the most rigid specifications. Space age all plastic shell with built in added power. High performance aerodynamically balanced top wad. Completely weatherproof. Non-corrosive priming. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 25 - 20 Gauge - 2-3/8 inch

If you ever wanted to know how a shotshell is put together and how it works just look at one of the Wanda's. You can see the powder and shot inside through the almost clear walls of the Lexan** plastic shell. If you are a shotshell collector you need a least one of the Wanda see through shells to add to your collection. The plastic overshot wad was designed to plane out of the shot line shortly after leaving the barrel. They were really high tech for their day.

They made shells in different transparent colors including red, yellow, green and maybe blue. We have available for sale some red 12 gauge, green 20 gauge and yellow 20 gauge.

I believe they only made 12GA, 20GA and where planning on producing 16GA shells before they closed. I also believe they only made red, green, yellow shells in production and blue for use internally for testing.