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Dealers Catalogue
Description
Lot 291
LOT OF SHOOTING
EQUIPMENT FOR WHITWORTH RIFLE.
Including empty box for "10 PATENT HEXAGONAL PROJECTILES"
by Manchester Ordnance & Rifle Co. CONDITION: Stained on one end,
slightly dirty. Soldered tin box identified as grease or wax for snipers
rifle. One side has "COPPER CAxxxD" stamped into it. A red
Japan tin box for 40 approximately .45 cal. bullets with a removable
tray containing one Whitworth projectile and four fired .45 cal. Bullets
and a flat tin bullet box for the twenty .45 Cal. bullets. These tins
are shown on page 13 of "The Confederate Whitworth Sharpshooters"
by John Morrow. CONDITION: Bubbling of Japan finish on lid, otherwise
fine. Flat black Japan tin box for 20 .45 cal bullets. CONDITION: Most
of the Japaning is gone, otherwise fine.
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