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Cartridge Box For Model 1866 Springfield Rifle, Pattern
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Cartridge Box For Model 1866 Springfield Rifle, Pattern 1867A very scarce regulation U.S. Army .50-70 metallic cartridge box issued to infantry troops in the field for testing. All troops given this box were serving at various posts in the West. It is loosely estimated that a quantity of between 500 and 2,000 of these boxes were made, then sent to the Dept. of The Platt for distribution in the field. The box was made using a surplus .69 caliber ball cartridge box. Most of the entire configuration of box and tins were retained except one small divider in each cartridge tin was removed. Small, fitted, wooden blocks were inserted in the upper compartment of each tin, each block drilled to hold eight caliber .50 cartridges for the Model 1866 Springfield rifle. Packets of replacement cartridges were stored below. The total capacity of readily available loose cartridges was only 16. These boxes were meant to be worn directly on a waist belt. They did not use a shoulder sling. The black leather cartridge box retains its original brass oval "US" plate, now connected by two split rings inserted through the loops. The oval stamp of the original Civil War period contractor appears on the inner flap, "J.E. CONDICT/NEW YORK". The box has just mostly surface age texturing, some minor flaking to the finish, mainly confined to the edge of the upper bend in the cover. An original .50-70 copper cased cartridge accompanies. This box was in use in 1867. A perfect, and very scarce, cartridge box for the Springfield Rifle, Model 1866, 2 nd Allin Conversion.
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