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Here is a Nice Full Box of 12mm Pin-fire Pistol Cartridges ! The box still has fairly good color and the legend on top of the cover is still entirely legible. It reads, “ FABRIQUE DE BALLES ET CARTOUCHES 25 Revolvers Cartouches Lefaucheux 12 millimetres.” There is some separation on on end of the top, and a tape repair on one side of the bottom. All 25 cartridges are present and in good condition with the exception of one that shows some handling marks on the bullet itself. These are the short pattern we occasionally excavate here in the Trans-Mississippi Department, at campsites of Wisconsin and Kansas Cavalry. This Box and Cartridges would make a Fine Addition to a cartridge collection or Display Great with a Lefaucheux Revolver !

        $275 plus shipping

Here are Five Gallager Carbine Cartridges, along with the Printed Box Top, and Roll of Percussion Caps ! All the cartridges are in good tight condition with only minor staining, and a bit of paper missing from the center one. The Box Top is still easily legible reading, “10 Poultney’s Metallic CARTRIDGES, Patented December 15^th, 1863, 12 Caps, For Gallager’s Breech Loading Carbine, 50/100 Calibre.” The package of caps is torn in a couple of places, and you can actually see the copper color of one, thru one of the tears. Somebody has written, “#641” on one of the cartridges, but I do not know what it refers too, it is not the number of these cartridges, in either the Mason McKee book, or the Round Ball to Rim Fire books. These Cartridges, along with the box top and caps, would Display Very Well with a Gallager Carbine, or make a nice addition to your Civil War Cartridge Collection. Five Nice Gallager Carbine Cartridges with Printed Box Top !

         $275 plus shipping

Here is a Very Fine Civil War Period .577 Enfield Rifle Cartridge ! It is totally intact and still tight, with no splits or cracks, and some very minor staining. Hundreds of thousands of these came to the states during the war, to both North and South. A Fine .577 Enfield Cartridge for Your Collection or to Display with that Enfield Rifle !

        $170 plus shipping

Here is a Fine Original Paper Cartridge for .58 Caliber Rifle ! This is the type that would have been used in the 1855, 1861, and 1863, Springfield Rifles, as well as many of the subcontracted rifles. The light tan paper is still nice and tight with twine tie intact on the bullet end, and nice tail on the powder end. Just a Very Fine Original Paper Cartridge for your Cartridge Collection, or to display with that .58 Caliber Rifle !

       $110 plus shipping

Here is a Fine Original Paper Cartridge for .58 Caliber Rifle/Musket ! This is typical of what would have been used in the 1855, 1861, & 1863, Springfield Rifle, and many of the subcontracted rifles. The dark tan paper is still in good shape and tight, with twine tie still intact on the bullet end, and nice long tail on the powder end. There is what appears to be one tiny pinhole on the side, but it is not apparently leaking any powder, so it may not go completely thru the paper. You can see it in the last photo. Overall just a Fine Displaying Original Paper Cartridge & A Nice addition to your Cartridge Collection, or great item to display with your .58 Caliber Rifle !

        $110 plus shipping

These unopened full boxes of Houllier Blanchard 12mm Long Pinfire Cartridges are getting very hard to come by ! [ I had this one in my own collection for several years. ] They were originally intended for use in the French Lefaucheux Pinfire Pistols, and manufactured in Paris, France. The long pattern is also much less common than the shorter pattern. This nice box still has its original thin brown twine wrapped around it, which indicates it has not been opened. Box is a nice green/white checked pattern, with a super nice and legible black and white label reading, "Cartouches, 12millimetes, Houllier-Blanchard, Arquebusier brevete, Paris, A Longue Portee." Contents are 25 Long Pattern Pinfire cartridges, with an "HB Paris" head stamp. A super item to display with your Lefaucheux Pinfire Pistol, or excellent addition to your cartridge collection ! Still completely intact in the original box, with the original twine tie, but priced less than if you bought only the cartridges individually !

                $400     plus shipping

[Thought I had sold this, had inquiries and told them it was sold, then found it back in a drawer in my relic room ! Getting Old Sucks ! Anyway I do still have it. ] Here is an Excellent .36 Caliber Paper Cartridge for Colt Navy Revolver ! The entire cartridge is in great shape and still tight. The bullet shows one impressed ring just above the paper, and the paper shows only very minor staining. The cartridge is very similar to Specimen #820, in the book, Round Ball to Rimfire, on page 80. A Fine Displaying example of the Paper Cartridge for Colt Navy Revolver !

                           $125   plus shipping

Here is an Excellent .64 Caliber Paper Cartridge for the M1836 Hall Carbine ! It is the pattern with red & white twine tie similar to specimen 84, on pages 110-111, in Dean S. Thomas book, Round Ball To Rimfire Part One. Thomas notes in his remarks, “Red & white string, authorities disagree on the identity of this cartridge. It is believed to be for either a .69 cal. converted pistol, or the .64 cal. Hall’s Carbine.” This cartridge is in very fine condition with no tears or holes, very little staining, and the twine is still tightly tied. Just found this one recently, but nice examples of these are getting more and more difficult to locate. An Excellent .64 Caliber Hall Carbine Paper Cartridge !

        $155 plus shipping

Here is a Fine 10.4mm Paper Cartridge for the M1851 Swiss Feldstutzer Carbine ! Measuring about 3.25 inches long by about .400 inches diameter, it somewhat resembles an English Whitworth Cartridge, or the even larger Enfield Cartridge. This one is in superb condition with no tears or repairs to the paper, though there is some minor staining near the base. Although to my knowledge these were not imported or used during the American Civil War, this is still an excellent and educational example of the early paper cartridges used in many muzzle loading carbines and rifles, both American and European. An Excellent and Early Paper Cartridge for the 1851 Swiss Feldstutzer Carbine !

        $75 plus shipping

Here is an Excellent Condition .41 Caliber Eley’s Needle Fire Cartridge ! It’s in great shape with the paper still nice and tight. The Eley Patent is visible on the blue base and reads, "Eley Needle Gun Cartridge." Bullet is a dark gray color and still nice and tight in the paper. The Needle Fire guns and cartridges became standard issue for the Prussian Army beginning in 1841, and were used through the American Civil War, up until about 1872. The first guns and cartridges were invented by Nikolas von Dreyse, and the cartridges are often called a “Von Dreyse.” Some of the guns saw limited used during the Civil War. An Uncommon Needle Gun Cartridge in Fine Condition !

        $40 plus shipping