Kittredge Cartridge Box

[Dan Topper]

I think this is interesting, a little steep but fun to see.  A friend just sent me a link to this web site and I found this there.

http://www.mcpheetersantiquemilitaria.com/05_accoutrements/05_item_006.htm

I hope this works, I am new to this.

Topper

[Fox Creek Kid]

Nice photos. Thanks for the post, but boy can you imagine the sound made by cartridges rattling around in that thing while you were bouncing along the Overland Trail!! 

[Deadeye Don]

Makes it harder to sneak up on somebody that way.   Have any of you used McPheeters before?

[major]

I am surprised that anyone would use this box.  There was a reason that they used wood blocks with holes drilled in them in other boxes.  And that was to keep the rims filled with fulminate from hitting each other and setting of one of the cartridges.   Plus the 44 Henry was a healed bullet and not much of the bullet was inside the casing.  Which means that if jostled it could easily come out of the casing. But it was an interesting picture to look at.

[Deadeye Don]

 I wonder if they put sheeps wool inside to cushion the rounds like they did with the Dyer boxes? 

[major]

Deadeye
I never heard of a Dyer box, do you have any pictures?
Terry

[Deadeye Don]

Used by the US military for either pistol or trapdoor 45-70 rounds.



http://www.mcpheetersantiquemilitaria.com/05_accoutrements/05_item_066.htm