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Blakeslee Cartridge Box for Civil War Spencer Carbine....
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Description
Blakeslee Cartridge Box for Civil War Spencer Carbine. The 12" x 4" x 3" box is constructed of wood with ten tin tubes and covered with tightly stitched black leather. The Spencer carbine was an innovative repeater that gave cavalry troopers a great deal more firepower than soldiers armed with single-shot firearms. In the butt stock was a tubular magazine that could hold up to seven .52 caliber cartridges. When Erastus Blakeslee, a cavalryman, invented this cartridge box, that firepower was multiplied by, in this case, a factor of ten. It allowed the trooper to withdraw a tube of cartridges and slide them quickly into the magazine aperture in the butt. This Blakeslee box is in superb condition. Only the leather tab closure shows the effects of frequent use.From the Glenwood Swanson Collection.
Auction Info
2018 June 9 GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER AND THE PLAINS INDIAN WARS Featuring the Glenwood J. Swanson Collection Legends of the West Signature Auction - Dallas #6197 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2018
9th
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