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    Was given these copper cased Benet primed (no centerfire primer) 45-70 cartridges made in the Frankford Arsenal between January 1874 - March 1875. No headstamp.......very cool.................I think anyway..........

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    Also given this item which states it is a Jaxon Torpedo made in USA/Orlando Florida....which I believe is an explosive charge that were used by placing on railroad tracks emitting a loud bang when ran over to warn engineers/trains of danger or problems up the line.......detonation is caused by crushing not impact.......probably unstable as hell being it is probably 100 years old or so ..............

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    Was given these copper cased Benet primed (no centerfire primer) 45-70 cartridges made in the Frankford Arsenal between January 1874 - March 1875. No headstamp.......very cool.................I think anyway..........

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    Also given this item which states it is a Jaxon Torpedo made in USA/Orlando Florida....which I believe is an explosive charge that were used by placing on railroad tracks emitting a loud bang when ran over to warn engineers/trains of danger or problems up the line.......detonation is caused by crushing not impact.......probably unstable as hell being it is probably 100 years old or so ..............

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    Yes, they are called torpedoes or guns. They had a strip of lead on each end to fold over the track to hold them in place. Don't hit them with a hammer of any other heavy instrument.
     

    Inspector43

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    When I was young my grandfather had a 1st Generation Colt Model 73. He kept it on a table in his den. There were several homemade cartridges on the table with it. He had lead and molds in his garage workshop. He told me he always carried the Colt with him going from the farm to town - it was 10 miles. His brother stole it and sold it. Shortly thereafter he gave all his other guns to my dad. Winchester Model 21 with 2 sets of barrels, Marlin Model 39 (an original with the octagon barrel) and a Winchester Model 12.
     
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