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BURNSIDE CARBINE BULLET MOLD
Iron mold to cast bullets for the Burnside carbine. This casts the two-groove type with the dished base. This is a lip cast type of mold where the lead is poured into the cavity through the edge… (2020-565). Learn More »
$495.00
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CIVIL WAR ENFIELD SERGEANT’S GUN TOOL
Sometimes nicknamed the T-tool, these British combination guntools for the Enfield rifle musket do not seem to have been imported in bulk, but are excavated “with some frequency” and were likely… (2020-1190). Learn More »
PACK OF 7 CARTRIDGES FOR M1860 (56-56) SPENCER (& JOSLYN)
This is one of the “inner” sleeves from a full box of 42 Spencer cartridges. A complete box of Spencer ammunition contained six of these smaller boxes. Each “inner sleeve” held seven… (362-913). Learn More »
$195.00
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PACK OF 7 CARTRIDGES FOR M1860 (56-56) SPENCER
This is one of the “inner” sleeves from a full box of 42 Spencer cartridges. A complete box of Spencer ammunition contained six of these smaller boxes. Each “inner sleeve” held seven… (362-914). Learn More »
$195.00
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RARE YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA SCREW-TIP POWDER HORN
These elegant screw-tip powder horns are as quintessentially American as the Pennsylvania-Kentucky rifles they often accompanied. Produced as early as the French and Indian War, they retained their… (490-2454). Learn More »
$750.00
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“EAGLE” POWDER FLASK FOR REVOLVERS
This small flask is for the Colt pocket model or similar revolvers. Measures approximately 4.5” tall x 2” at widest point. Front features the American eagle with shield, thirteen stars, and with… (1107-150). Learn More »
“EAGLE” POWDER FLASK FOR REVOLVERS
This small flask is for the Colt pocket model or similar revolvers. Constructed with a copper body and brass top and spout. Measures approximately 4.5” tall x 2” at widest point. Both sides… (1110-62). Learn More »
.44 CALIBER HAZARD CARTRIDGE
Cartridge for .44 caliber Army revolver made by Hazard Powder Company. These were made under the three Doremus & Budd patents of 1862, using a moulded powder cake glued to the bullet and then… (1117-70). Learn More »
$75.00 Each
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EXCELLENT CONDITION .36 CALIBER REVOLVER CARTRIDGE
This is what was termed the “paper envelope” cartridge. Used in Colt, Remington, and any other .36 caliber percussion revolver of the Civil War. Constructed using a typical “new model” lead… (1117-72). Learn More »
$65.00
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.31 CALIBER REVOLVER CARTRIDGE
This is a complete and original cartridge for Colt .31 caliber “pocket” revolver. This was made at the Colt Cartridge Works. The bullet has no grooves and utilizes a slight rebated area at the… (1117-71). Learn More »
$45.00 Each
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.50 CALIBER MAYNARD CARTRIDGE
Dr. Edward Maynard held patent #22,565 dated January 11, 1859. By this patent, cartridge cases for the Maynard carbine were made of drawn brass to form a tube with a closed end. A brass disk was… (M26456). Learn More »
COMPLETE TIN OF MAYNARD TAPE PRIMERS
Cylindrical japanned-tin container holds ten roles of Maynard tape primers. Container remains in solid shape with no rust. There are scratches and some loss to the brown japanned finish. Complete with… (302-95). Learn More »
$550.00
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CIVIL WAR FEDERAL LIMBER OR AMMUNITION CHEST
These wooden chests, utilized to transport and store artillery projectiles in the field, were mounted on the wheeled, horse drawn limber; additionally, they served as seating for three… (M24717). Learn More »
TRANTER REVOLVER BULLET MOLD FROM THE FIRST DAY’S BATTLEFIELD, EX- BOHON COLLECTION AND SHIELDS MUSEUM
This British import bullet mold has a tight provenance through Tom Bohon to the Shields Museum, which opened here in Gettysburg in 1925 near the Reynolds equestrian statue on the first day’s field… (490-2445). Learn More »
$495.00
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“EAGLE” POWDER FLASK FOR REVOLVERS
This small flask is for baby dragoon or early pocket model revolvers. Constructed with a copper body and brass top and spout. Measures approximately 4.5” tall x 2” at widest point. Both sides… (1110-63). Learn More »
SOUTHERNER DERINGER
These single-shot .41 caliber deringers trademarked “Southerner” on top of the barrel were manufactured by the Merrimack Arms Company of Newburyport, Mass., from 1866 to 1869 and by the Brown… (31-1549). Learn More »
COLT COMBINATION TOOL FROM THE MOLLUS WAR LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
This Colt tool combines a screwdriver and nipple wrench for disassembling and cleaning a revolver. The surface is smooth metal and shows good amount of original thin blue color. One side has a museum… (1052-22). Learn More »
$295.00
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US MODEL 1870 RIFLE AND CARBINE COMBINATION TOOL FROM THE MOLLUS MUSEUM
These early Indian War combination tools were made from surplus M1863 rifle tools by grinding down the sides of the swinging screwdriver to fit the smaller screws on the trapdoor breeches of the… (490-2492). Learn More »
ARTILLERY VENT PUNCH FOR 12-INCH GUN – WATERVLIET ARSENAL
This is a tool for clearing the vent of any obstructions. It has an octagonal head with a hole in the center, and a 21” wire brazed to it. The wire tapers to a smaller diameter at the end. The flat… (1117-47). Learn More »
ARTILLERY VENT PUNCH FOR 10-INCH GUN – WATERVLIET ARSENAL
This is a tool for clearing the vent of any obstructions. It has an octagonal head with a hole in the center, and a 17” wire brazed to it. The wire comes to a point at the end. The flat head is… (1117-46). Learn More »
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EXTRAORDINARY SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF COL. DAVID ADDISON WEISIGER, LATER BRIGADIER GENERAL C.S.A., WITH FELLOW VA MILITIA OFFICER AT CHARLESTOWN, VIRGINIA, FOR THE HANGING OF JOHN BROWN 1859
This is an extremely rare, identified ambrotype, one of fewer than a dozen known taken of Virginia militia officers and men assembled at Charlestown, Virginia, in late 1859 as security forces for the hanging of John Brown and four co-conspirators.… (846-201). Learn More »
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