45-55-405 carbine box 1875

[Tom Trevor]

Here is a nice box that did not make it to Little Big Horn in time.DSCN1696.jpg

[Sunray]

Could have used that info during The Great BP Cartridge Experiment years ago. TD Carbines hurt to shoot with 70 grains of BP. No internet in those days. snicker.

[45govt]

Nice photo and box.
Keep em coming

Don

[Dick Hosmer]

P1010079.jpgAnd another, a bit later, probably packed with revenge and retribution in mind!

[Tom Trevor]

Here are an 1882 rifle box and 1879 carbine box. Note the upper right corners of the boxes. One expects to see Bloomfield gilding metal [ bloomfield mills, bloomfield New Jersey an alloy of ninety five percent copper and five percent zinc]. There is no ordnance note or in the Pitman papers on what manhattan is doing on the few boxes from 1879 means some feel its an experimental alloy from the manhattan brass and copper company, New Ymanhattan box 003.jpgork. Or bloomfield for some reason could not supply sheets of metal for a short period of time.

[Carlsr]

Don't have any boxed ammo in my TD collection, maybe I should find at least one I can afford or should I say one that I could part the price for
I do have some singles and a box of 30 40 Krag to go with my M1898 made in 1901. I have shot it once with some light reloads I whipped up. Fine shooting rifle it is!!

[Dick Hosmer]

Here's one you don't see very often - Berdan primed experiment of March and April 1877 (this is an empty box, but I do have one loose round with the .250" primer:

[Tom Trevor]

here is my 4-77 rifle box still full and sealed1877 box 005.jpg

[45govt]

I do not have many boxes but a few interesting singles







And I will bet no one has one of these, as they were only done for a week, (if I remember correctly, it has been a while since I read about these)
This one says found at the battle of Big Dry Wash site.

[45govt]

Those reloading boxes are neat, anyone have any of the actual reloading bullets

A couple of drawings

[Tom Trevor]

here you go. The carbine bullet box was from Paul Parsons collection and shown in Frasca-Hill first book. and was full. Rifle box is empty note on top in pencil " uniform buttons" These were sent out to troops to be used with the field hand arsenal reloading kits.DSCN2428.jpg