Civil War Ammo?

[Justin4587]

I found these rimfire bullets are these from the civil war and do they have any value?

 

[UCVRelics]

They are not CW and look like a 50 70 rounds.

 

[Pollaco]

Did they even have bottleneck brass cases back then?

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy. I'm thinking post Civil war. Post some dimensions and someone might be able to ID

 

[tbuckley]

My first thought was 10.4 mm rimfire Swiss Vetterli. Back when I was a teenager I acquired a Vetterli and a box of old corroded cartridges. I was dumb enough to fire one.

 

[bdtex]

They are not CW and look like a 50 70 rounds.

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Civil War Ammo? | Small Arms & Ammunition

I found these rimfire bullets are these from the civil war and do they have any value?

civilwartalk.com

 

[JackADriscoll]

Looks like .41 Swiss. Not civil war

 

[R. Porter]

Wikipedia has an entry on military head stamps here:

List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Under the commercial section the U appears for Union Metallic Cartridge Company which began production in 1873.

 

[UCVRelics]

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Civil War Ammo? | Small Arms & Ammunition

I found these rimfire bullets are these from the civil war and do they have any value?

civilwartalk.com

Yep.

 

[bdtex]

Yep.

Done

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

They are not CW and look like a 50 70 rounds.

Post Civil War and I don't believe they are 50-70 cartridges.

Some Early 50-70 Cartridges by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. – International Ammunition Association

cartridgecollectors.org

 

[R. Porter]

A somewhat similar looking cartridge is a Ward-Burton .45-85 experimental cartridge. This cartridge dates to the period 1871-1875. The Ward-Burton was a bolt action rifle that was part of the evaluation that accepted the trap-door Springfield for the army. The experimental cartridge is center-fire, not rim-fire.

American Civil War Relics Catalog

A general selection of military items from the Civil War through World War II with an emphasis on Civil War cartridges and early American military buttons.

acwrelics.com