Centennial draw set

[Tom Trevor]

Been a bit slow here so I thought some might like to see how the 45-70 cartridge cases were formed?DRAW SET.jpg

[Carlsr]

Nice! Was the rim a separate piece?

[Tom Trevor]

No that was the final draw. The small cups are the internal primer.

[Dick Hosmer]

WOW!!!! Nice, Tom.

[45govt]

Great item
Lets see more of the GOOD stuff

[Carlsr]

So I guess those were installed by dropping them inside the case?

[Tom Trevor]

Yes they were and if you look at the case it will look like a rimfire but is centerfire and the case will have two indents to hold the primer in place.

[Tkacook]

From the web...
Benet Primed Cases
The first iterations of this cartridge used a 2.1" copper case with an internal Benet primer. Both the rifle and carbine cartridges used a 405gr lead bullet but they differed in powder charge - 70gr of black powder in the rifle load and 55gr in the carbine load. Wads were used in the carbine cartridges to fill the air space which resulted in the same overall length for the two cartridges. For this reason the headstamps differed. Early rifle cartridges had no headstamp but the carbine loads were marked with a raised 'US CARBINE' on the base. In 1877 proper headstamps began to allow identification of the load, manufacturer and date of manufacture once they had been removed from the package. Rifle cartridges carried an 'R' in the headstamp and the carbine cartridges carried a 'C'.


Benet-primmed-4570.jpg

[Dick Hosmer]

Then, further down the road, after the rifle load was changed to 500gr. and the wads were removed from the carbine load - making them completely different in appearance, the R & C markings were eliminated.