Post by bazooka on Aug 23, 2018 23:50:53 GMT
Where is the primer
Ever seen one of these? Benet Internal Primed, mid-late 19th century tech.
Watch this: ==>
Turn on your volume to hear what this is! It’s a centerfire Cartridge.
Its Benet primed. The primer is internal and central, but it is there. BTW, these have a habit of separating along the crimp line, when fired and leaving the hull in the chamber. The original Trapdoors included a removal tool for this, when it happened
50/70 FRANKFORD ARSENAL BENET PRIMED BALL CARTRIDGE:
These .50-70 Internally Primed Centre Fire Cartridges, manufactured by the Frankford Arsenal, are individual collector quality cartridges used by the soldiers during the early Indian Wars Period. These are becoming increasingly difficult to find on the loose and soon the available stocks will be exhausted.
“US CARBINE” .50/55 FRANKFORD ARSENAL BENET PRIMED BALL CARTRIDGE:
Manufactured by the Frankford Arsenal for a relatively short period, and apparently in very limited numbers, these “UNITED STATES CARBINE” .50-55 Internally Primed Centre Fire Cartridges are quite scarce today.
Introduced in 1870 or 1871, these cartridges were loaded with a reduced charge and lighter bullet – 55 grains of powder and a 430 grain bullet versus the 70 grains of powder and 450 grain bullet in the standard 50-70 cartridges. Intended for use in all of the 1870 Trial Carbines, this loading was as short lived as the Trial guns, and was soon supplanted by the adoption of the .45 caliber arms in 1873.
As the units on the frontier kept some of the .50 caliber guns in their unit inventories after they received the .45 caliber arms and used the older guns for hunting and for issue to scouts and packers, the .50-55 ammunition which was delivered to the frontier was certainly expended, leaving few examples to survive into the modern collector market.
When compared to the standard .50-70 cartridge as seen below in the photograph, these .50-55 cartridges are remarkably different and considerably more difficult to find than the .50-70. I have found a very small number of these .50-55 cartridges and they would be a nice addition to display with your early Indian War carbine – one that is found in very few but the most advanced collections.
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Ever seen one of these? Benet Internal Primed, mid-late 19th century tech.
Watch this: ==>
Turn on your volume to hear what this is! It’s a centerfire Cartridge.
Its Benet primed. The primer is internal and central, but it is there. BTW, these have a habit of separating along the crimp line, when fired and leaving the hull in the chamber. The original Trapdoors included a removal tool for this, when it happened
50/70 FRANKFORD ARSENAL BENET PRIMED BALL CARTRIDGE:
These .50-70 Internally Primed Centre Fire Cartridges, manufactured by the Frankford Arsenal, are individual collector quality cartridges used by the soldiers during the early Indian Wars Period. These are becoming increasingly difficult to find on the loose and soon the available stocks will be exhausted.
“US CARBINE” .50/55 FRANKFORD ARSENAL BENET PRIMED BALL CARTRIDGE:
Manufactured by the Frankford Arsenal for a relatively short period, and apparently in very limited numbers, these “UNITED STATES CARBINE” .50-55 Internally Primed Centre Fire Cartridges are quite scarce today.
Introduced in 1870 or 1871, these cartridges were loaded with a reduced charge and lighter bullet – 55 grains of powder and a 430 grain bullet versus the 70 grains of powder and 450 grain bullet in the standard 50-70 cartridges. Intended for use in all of the 1870 Trial Carbines, this loading was as short lived as the Trial guns, and was soon supplanted by the adoption of the .45 caliber arms in 1873.
As the units on the frontier kept some of the .50 caliber guns in their unit inventories after they received the .45 caliber arms and used the older guns for hunting and for issue to scouts and packers, the .50-55 ammunition which was delivered to the frontier was certainly expended, leaving few examples to survive into the modern collector market.
When compared to the standard .50-70 cartridge as seen below in the photograph, these .50-55 cartridges are remarkably different and considerably more difficult to find than the .50-70. I have found a very small number of these .50-55 cartridges and they would be a nice addition to display with your early Indian War carbine – one that is found in very few but the most advanced collections.
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