DarylS
(.700 member)
01/02/20 05:26 AM
Re: The earliest black powder calibers in metal case ?

Gallagher Carbine (1861) & Burnside(1855), developed a bit earlier than the civil war, I think. both of these needed percussion caps for ignition.

For totally contained ctg, the .22 and other rim fires pre-civil war & civil war period preceded the inside primed .57/70 of 1868, which quickly became outside primed (externally seated primer).

Google might help.



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