WOW! Shotgun cartridge box-Original

[Old-South]

I wish someone would reproduce these! This is SWEET

http://cgi.ebay.com/Confederate-Cavalry-Cartridge-Box-Forrests-Command-CSA_W0QQitemZ250528025129QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a54a24a29

Ken, Whaddya think of this piece?
Regards,

[Old-South]

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Anyone know what a 10ga. cartridge looks like?

[Fritz]

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Yea, just like a .12 guage, .16 guage, just a lillt bigger.

[Old-South]

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Size isn't the question but how it is put together. Is it similar to a musket cartridge except with a different projectile?
I just don't ever remember seeing one.

[Bagman]

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If you are interested in the weapon and ammo, a 10 ga is used by the actor Vigo Mortensen (sp?) in the recent cowboy movie "APPALOOSA". It's running on the cable premium channels and is available on DVD. Not a bad horse opera as they go.....


Jeff Christman
Liberty Hall Fifes & Drums
Stonewall Brigade

[fahtz]

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Chris,
When I have made "Street Howitzer" rounds in the past I have used a BLANK looking much like the one you posted in the previous thread. More wadding to keep the look, and about 80gr of FF. Seems to work when I ram it home in the double barrel. But hell, I haven't been mounted in years, and then it was with a S-Word.

I am a shotgun freak. I remember a few years ago seeing a box much like the one posted. The cartridge tubes are basically tin test tube shapes. Seemed about that size too... But if I remember it was about 1/2 the height...

[LWhite64]

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In regards to the coat, that pic has always been IDed to a Fla dismounted cavalryman, I believe its the 1st FL Cav, but without my books here I cant be certain.

[Andrew Kasmar]

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Mr. White, you are correct the photos is of PVT Walter Miles Parker, Company H 1st Florida cavalry. According to Uniforms of the Civil War the coat was produced by a Virginia contractor, but it also states that it could have some NC provenance. Thanks


Andrew

[Outrider]

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"I would be interested to hear what works in terms of blank scattergun rounds for the mounted CS n'actor.

I see no other way which would be acceptable safety wise than load upon dismount or holding muzzle skyward whilst on the hoof. "

Ist off what Mitch said. 2nd, I carry an original british 10 guage db and load it and carry it while mounted and I even like toting it muzzledown. With enough wadding , I never have a problem keeping the powder in. Now getting my fingers to grab up and put those little caps on in a hurry is a much bigger problem..at least for me.
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[Outrider]

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Well, I like to use pieces of those paper thingies for curling hair(?) that I also make pistol rounds out of. They ( at least in my experience) practically disintegrate on ignition so there is nothing much left to burn. Having said that though I have been thinking about trying making up some more correct looking shotgun rounds and seeing if I can use cream of wheat in them like a bigger badder version of a fake pistol round. I like carrying my shotgun but they do eat powder. I have live fired mine and epxerimented with different loads with about 60gr working pretty well but for reenacting I use about 80 grains Like Mitch said. That works well and goes boom and boom.

[Curt Schmidt]

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Hallo!

Just an aside...

Actually, the brass metallic cartridge "8 Gauge" used by Viggo Mortensen (Evertett Hitch) in "Appaloosa" is a prop Hollywoodism.
It is a 12 gauge that was cosmetically altered and enhanced to appear as an "8 Gauge."



(Unrelated, I have had the opportunity to buy several Winchester M1887 shotguns in 10 gauge, but always wimped out for the 12's.)

Curt

[The Egyptian Homeguard]

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I actually saw some original buck and ball 12 gage rounds once... looked just like a large musket round. On a side note, .69 cal is really close to a 16 gage, so reloading overshot wads work well for general shooting. I wonder if the nitrated paper Dixie Gunworks sells coulded be folded overand trimmed to work as a over wad...? ZZ

[Mike Nickerson]

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Speaking of dbl's, how would I go about finding a replacement forestock wedge? My SxS 12ga is an unknown English import, so I bet there are many different size wedges?

Mike Nickerson

[Outrider]

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"Speaking of dbl's, how would I go about finding a replacement forestock wedge? My SxS 12ga is an unknown English import, so I bet there are many different size wedges?"

Good question Mike. I would like to know also. Mine is intact- Ive managed not to lose it yet- but I would like a spare since its inevitable that I do. I know Zach Powell makes his own but I am not sure how to go about that myself not being nearly as handy as all that.

[fahtz]

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Patrick,
Any gun show should have a parts guy... Wedges do take some shaping... but a lil file should take care of it all!