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1878 DATED .45 CALIBER FRANKFORD ARSENAL
AMMUNITION PACKET FOR THE M1873 COLT ARMY AND THE M1875
SCHOFIELD SMITH AND WESSON PISTOLS – UNOPENED PACKET:
This unopened Frankford Arsenal packet of the shortened
.45 caliber pistol ammunition intended for use in both
the Colt M1873 and S & W M1875 Schofield. Dated 1878,
this packet contains the shorter cartridge, reduced in
length from the original longer .45 pistol cartridge
that had been introduced with the M1873 Colt Army, in
order to accommodate the shorter cylinder of the
Schofield. These early packets, issued during the
height of the Indian Wars on the Northern Plains and
across Texas and New Mexico, replaced the earlier
packets of longer cartridges then in inventory. A nice
packet with a desirable early date, which will be a nice
addition to your ammunition and revolver collections,
illustrating the ammunition issued to the Frontier
Army. This is an excellent, solid packet with all the
seams and edges intact and the string is present. $400
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