Antique Balloon cartridges, 44-40
I bought these old cartridges yesterday and thought they might be worth sharing. There were a little over two hundred loose in a bucket in a basement. I believe they were called Balloon head 44-40 because of the early head design. Loaded with black powder back in around 1890. Most are corroded and definitely not shootable but still kind of interesting.
I bought these old cartridges yesterday and thought they might be worth sharing. There were a little over two hundred loose in a bucket in a basement. I believe they were called Balloon head 44-40 because of the early head design. Loaded with black powder back in around 1890. Most are corroded and definitely not shootable but still kind of interesting.
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