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Jun 16, 2013 · I'm pretty sure they used a stamp to label the paper. The one I use I print from my PC printer, onto the paper before wrapping the cartridges. The Confederates required labels on their arsenal Packs from all arsenals, and the British imported ammo had labels as well.
Place the string, paper, and ten cartridges into the box (photo 10). Note: the paper's long length is marked A. Fold. over the top sides and then fold over one end - like wrapping a gift (photo 11). Place the tube of cartridges in the. open end of the pack, fold and close the remaining end, and tie off (photo 12).
Dec 31, 2015 · And 12 cartridges fill the arsenal pack nicely, powder only being skinnier than the real ones with lead. I also make my own arsenal pack labels based on the real ones, and enjoy creating unhistorical arsenals, like the "Alamo Arsenal" since my home outfit is the Alamo Rifles from San Antonio and the Alamo mission was a US Armory, if not an ...
- And The Civil War Broke Out…
- Why The Enfield Pattern?
- Capandball Arsenal Rubber Printing Plates
- Instructions on Making Bundles
By the time the hostilities broke out between north and south, out of the 7 arsenals producing small arms ammunition, only one, Baton Rouge was located on southern soil. At the initial phase of the conflict the Confederacy had not more than a million rounds of small arms ammunition on stock. Chief of Ordnance Josiah Gorgas, and Superintendent of th...
Choosing the Enfield pattern cartridges for the C.S. Army had its advantages and drawbacks as well. Although the Pritchett bullet was easier to manufacture, its accuracy highly depended on the quality of the paper patching. The C.S. army had its own paper mills, but their output was anywhere near the demand from the ammo making facilities. The impo...
These rubber printing plates (stamps) are faithful reproductions of the stamping plates used during the American Civil War to mark the arsenal bundles of 10 ten cartridges. Each label provided information on the firearm, its calibre, the powder charge of the cartridge, the type of bullet, the maker and the date of production. These images are redra...
Tools you will need: scissors, white string, off-white craft paper, folding box, .54 cal wooden dowel for making cartridges, ink stamp pad, stamping ink 1. Cut the paper sheets. Theoretically the expanding ball .69 cal musket and .58 cal rifle and rifle musket cartridges had ordinary colour wrappers, the .58 cal cadet rifle shooting a lighter recoi...
Frankford Arsenal Cartridge Pack Labels Labels come per sheet and are available for the following ammunition: .58 Caliber Musket Frankford Arsenal, 1861, .52 Caliber, Sharps Rifle, Hartford, Ct., as seen in Echoes of Glory, .577 Enfield Rifle, Charleston Arsenal, 1863, as seen in Echoes of Glory, Colt?s Navy Pistol, Richmond Va., as seen in ...
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Jun 4, 2018 · Cartridge rolling and Arsenal Packs. I am trying to improve my impression which is leading me to roll better cartridges and place them in arsenal packs. I have several resources on rolling cartridges and have seen several ideas on the best paper to use (newsprint, 3M masking paper, artists newsprint, etc.). I also have found several resources ...
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I did a search on the forum and found previous posts that revealed that all Federal arsenals, with the exception of St. Louis, stopped labeling arsenal packs by 1861. But I recalled seeing an arsenal pack in my Confederate EOG. The pack pictured is an Enfield .58 pack stamped "Charleston Arsenal, 1863".
