Shadow Box with Indian War Cartridges

[Mason Jarr]

Over the several years I've hunted sites from the western Indian Wars era I've found thousands of cartridges; both rifle and pistol. Most are mangled, crushed, broken, split and just too ugly for anything but the scrap buckets. Occasionally though, I find some that are near perfect and this winter I put them randomly in a shadow box display. There are probably 8 or 9 different types if cartridges in the display. I like how it turned out and I'm going to make another one will some artillery fragments and friction fuses.

 

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[The Rebel]

Great looking display!

 

[scruggs]

Very nice and neat!

 

[Mason Jarr]

Very nice and neat!

Thanks! Yeah, a bit of OCD here...

 

[Gare]

NICE FINDS ) GREAT DISPLAY thank you for sharing with us

 

[Gare]

Have you ever found any guns ? Or other war type items ?

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Interesting display. I’m curious what these crimp marks are from. It seems many of the cases have them near the head of the case.

 

[Mason Jarr]

Have you ever found any guns ? Or other war type items ?

I found a trigger guard from a rifled musket once, but that's the only gun piece I've found so far.

 

[Mason Jarr]

Interesting display. I’m curious what these crimp marks are from. It seems many of the cases have them near the head of the case. View attachment 2196496

Those are centerfire cartridges with an internal primer....mostly of the Benet design. Back then the primer was inserted through the case mouth and the crimps held it in place. If you're interested Google Benet internal primers and there's more info about it.

 

[pepperj]

That us a great looking shadowbox of cartridges. Excellent display of recoveries.

 

[Mason Jarr]

That us a great looking shadowbox of cartridges. Excellent display of recoveries.

Thank you!

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Those are centerfire cartridges with an internal primer....mostly of the Benet design. Back then the primer was inserted through the case mouth and the crimps held it in place. If you're interested Google Benet internal primers and there's more info about it.

Have to look closer are some of our cases.

 

[Mason Jarr]

Have to look closer are some of our cases.

You can usually hear the primer rattling around in the casing if you shake it.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A very cool looking display - well done !

 

[TimberCrack]

Now that is pretty cool...it probably took awhile to figure out that Chinese puzzle...do you mind if I copycat your design??
I have a ton empties like that also...I see a couple-three cartridges with tapered shoulders..were these blanks? I recognize the 48-56 rimfire-I have found only one of those...

 

[Mason Jarr]

Now that is pretty cool...it probably took awhile to figure out that Chinese puzzle...do you mind if I copycat your design??
I have a ton empties like that also...I see a couple-three cartridges with tapered shoulders..were these blanks? I recognize the 48-56 rimfire-I have found only one of those...

Thanks. Have at it. I didn't know what else to do with mine except this. Yeah, those longer cases with tapered shoulders are .45/70 and .50-70 blanks for horse training. Let's see yours when you're done, please!