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Most Extensive Collection of Frankford Arsenal .45 Cartridge Boxes.  This is all known Frankford Arsenal ,45 Cartridge box examples.  Starting in October 1873 they were monthly boxes through August 1874.  There are no known boxes for May and July 1874.  Not been able to determine if they were produced in those months or not.  In 1875 through 1881 the boxes were dated by year.  Then after that the boxes were stamped with a manufacture date and as you can see they are Reloadable cartridges.  In the second row from the top you will notice a box labeled Reloading Revolver Ball Cartridge 1879 - This is the only known box in existent and is the first reloadable cartridge in an experimental stage.  There were only 1,276 reloadable experimental cartridges produced.  These cartridges would have been used in the Indian Wars in the US Cavalry Colt Single Action and S&W Schofield revolvers (starting in 1875).

 

In the second picture are Frankford Arsenal .45 Calber Blank Cartridges.   These are the only known blank Frankford Arsenal cartridge box examples except for an1874 blank cartridge box in Germany.  I believe from some records from the National archives that there were blank cartridges produced in 1875, 1878 and 1880 but no boxes are known to exist.  These blank cartridges were used for training the horses in the US Cavalry.

 

In the third picture is a M1883 Frankford Arsenal Reloading Set.  This was used for the following cartridges - .45 Revolver, .45-55-405 Carbine, .45-70-405 Rifle .45-80-500 Long Range Rifle and 20 gauge for the Forager shotgun. 

 

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Very impressive collection! The cartridge boxes are in exceptional condition. The reloading kit looks almost new.  Could you take a closer up photo of it? How was the powder measured to reload?  Thanks for posting. Rare items!

 

                                                                      Steve

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Thanks for the close-up photos. That's a very clever power/ shot measure! Excellent photos and collection! Thanks,

 

                                                                                                                                                                 Steve

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