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cartridge box ID
Hi, I need some help Id'ing a belt cartridfe box - outside is black leather with the imprint RIM.
looks like a McKeever box. Inside are wooden blocks with 18 drilled holes. 45-70 fits these. What do I have ?
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01-27-2015 11:56 AM
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Probably a McKeever cartridge box for 45-70...here's something like it. They vary a bit in construction by age. Yours may not be for 45-70 though...http://www.jjmilitaryantiques.com/Ho...c#.VMfEYWc5CM8
Yours is marked for the Rhode Island Militia http://www.jjmilitaryantiques.com/Ho...c#.VMfE22c5CM8
Last edited by browningautorifle; 01-27-2015 at 12:04 PM.
Regards, Jim
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cartridge box
Jim, you have been a help on all my searches ! Mine appears to be a Hagner Box, in slightly better shape than the picture but holds 18, not 16 rounds. Maybe this would account for the difference in size of the 50-70's in the illustration and my 45-70's.
My leather strap for the flap is torn off - any idea where I might get it repaired ?
- thanks, Kab
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It's old enough I'm not sure I'd do it. The leather is perhaps brittle or weak...Don't know about that. Yes, I understand you have two more holes...and if you say 45-70 fits then...remember, they use .50 for a bit because you couldn't kill a man with anything smaller...then they discovered the ultra modern 45-70... I think that's the way it went. I have an interest in all this older stuff too, just can't afford to own any...not any at all, just a Krag carbine...
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Again, thanks Jim
Most of my items I picked up in the late 50's, early 60's. My 1884 I paid $20 for. The cartridge box was a whole $5. As my son is into this gear I was able to get rid of my cartridge belt and an '03 stock - more $5 items.
- Kab
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