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.50-70-450 Experimental Disc Anvil Cartridge I.E.P.#317-317A

Item #: Z6823

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Z6823 .50-70-450 Experimental Disc Anvil Cartridge I.E.P.#317-317A

Description: Scarce .50-70-450 experimental cartridge using a copper disk anvil. This is one of several cartridges listed in the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876. The closest examples that I can find are known as #317 or #317A of Drawer No. 8.

Lewis describes these two as follows:

#317 "Copper disk anvil, plain square edges, held in by indents .110 from base and .264 between. Frankford, 1871. C-1.775, R-.665, H-.564, M-.545”

#317A "There is a variant of no. 317, in which the disk is beveled towards the rear. Indents are .100 from the head and .259 apart. The head shows a pronounced ring opposite the disk chamfer, about .530 in diameter. Frankford, August 1871. C-1.785, R-.658, H-.563, M-.542”

Depending on how you look at the cartridge, one could see traits from both. The measurements tend to side with #317 except for the case mouth which is slightly crimped on this example. It has a slightly bottlenecked case which Lou Behling told me was originally called cylindrically throating the cartridge case.

Headstamp: None

Measures: OAL 2.276” CL 1.776” RD .659” HD .567” CM .523” BDaCM .500

Reference: "Small Arms Ammunition at the International Exposition Philadelphia, 1876” Lewis Pg. 31 317-322, Pg. 53 Plate 15, 8th Drawer, Pg. 64

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