🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Was this normal for .45/70 cartridges?

[Mason Jarr]

I found this .45/70 carbine round at a Fort site this year. It is a later issue since it has an external primer. I could see that down inside of it there was a lead bullet. So today I carefully cut it open and was surprised to find two round balls inside. Was this a normal issue round for the .45/70 or do you think it was made in the field? The primer has never been struck.

 

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[Kray Gelder]

I found a few things about the multi-ball loads. They were loaded with three .457 balls for prison guards, and were used by the army for hunting loads. One article said they were loaded by the armory, so there isn't any factory load info. Pretty cool.

edit: trap door loading version only. Wouldn't work in a tube feed.

 

[Mason Jarr]

I found a few things about the multi-ball loads. They were loaded with three .457 balls for prison guards, and were used by the army for hunting loads. One article said they were loaded by the armory, so there isn't any factory load info. Pretty cool.

edit: trap door loading version only. Wouldn't work in a tube feed.

Thanks for the help. I've found hundreds of .45/70 cartridges, but this is a first for me.

 

[pistol-pete]

Here is an original box from Frankford Arsenal. Not common

 

[Mason Jarr]

Here is an original box from Frankford Arsenal. Not commonView attachment 2061088

Thanks for the photo, Pete. Makes me wish I hadn't cut it open now, but I thought it was a regular round that the bullet had gotten pushed into the cartridge.