Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SET

Date Range From

1890

Date Range To

1900

Materials

STEEL, BRASS, WOOD

No. Pieces

110

Height

11.1

Length

28.0

Description

.1 ABOVE DIMENSIONS. STEEL, BRASS, WOOD. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. PAINTED BLACK. WOODEN HANDLES KEY ATTACHED CONSERVATION REPORT. .2 DECAPPER AND RAMMER TOOL (SET). 9.9 CM LTH X 1.6 CM DIA. HARDWOOD, STEEL.PIECE. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. .3 POWDER AND SHOT MEASURE (SET). 2.5 CM HT. X 12.7 CM LTH. X 1.6 CM DIA. SIZE: 2 1/2 DR. POWDER. "B.C.I. CO." ON BASE PAT FEB. 25, 1890". WOODEN HANDLE AND STEEL MEASURE. 20 GAUGE (?) .4 RAMMER TOOL (SET) 10.5 CM LTH. X 1.4 CM DIA. WOOD. SIZE 20 GAUGE. HANDMADE. .5 TIN-RIFLE POWDER (SET). 14.3 HT. X 9.7 CM WTH. X 4.4 CM LTH. TIN. "W.A. 30 CAL RIFLE SMOKELESS REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. DU PONT" ON FRONT. "E.1...PONT DE NEMORUS POWDER COMPANY MANU-FACTURES SMOKELESS POWDERS FOR ALL KINDS OF SHOTGUNS, RIFLES AND REVOLVERS"ON SIDE "W.A. 30 CAL." "SMOKELESS POWDER FOR USE IN HIGH POWER RIFLES WITH FULL SERVICE CHARGES ONLY. CARTRIDGE USES AND GRAINS BY WEIGHT ON BACK. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS POWDERS COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1802 WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S.A." ON BACK. CAN BADLY DENTED. .6 TIN- "RIFLE GUNPOWDER" (SET). 13.6 CM HT. X 4 CM WTH. X 10.3 CM LTH. SIZE: FFG. USED FOR BLACK POWDER RIFLES. "KENTUCKY RIFLE GUN POWDER FF (MAN SHOOTING AND DOG DEPICTED). HAZARDVILLE, CON. HAZARD POWDER CO." ON FRONT. PAINTED ORANGE. NECK AND CAP MISSING. .7 POWDER AND SHOT FUNNEL (SET). 5.2 CM LTH. X .8 CM DIA. NICKEL PLATE. SIZE: 10 GAUGE. SLIGHTLY DENTED. .8 RECAPPER TOY (SET). 11.7 CM LTH. CAST, STEEL. 1 PIECE. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. PAINTED BLACK. HINGED END. PLIER. GRIP HANDLES. KEY: ATTACHED CON. REPORT. .9 CAPPING TOOL BASE (SET). 3.2 CM HT. X 3.5 CM DIA. HARDWOOD. 12 GAUGE. .10 RING SHELL EXTRACTORS (SET). STEEL. 2 PCES. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. "12" ON INSIDE OF EACH. .11 PIN FIRE PAPER SHOT GUN SHELLS. 6.4 CM LTH. X 1.6 CM DIA. CARDBOARD, BRASS. 99 PCES. SIZE: 20 GAUGE. 99 SHELLS. BRASS BOTTOM PRIMERS MAY BE LIVE- CAUTION STAMPED ON BOTTOM OF BASE "ELEY NO. 20 LONDON". ONE HANDLE HAS A HINGED ARM. THUMB SCREW ATTACHED TO FRAME. WOODEN HANDLE AND CALIBRATED METAL CYLINDRICAL HEAD.

Subjects

ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

History

.1 PAPE SHELL CRIMPER SET. USED FOR CRIMPING THE ENDS OF SHOT GREEN SHELLS. .2 USED WITH A BASE TO DECAP SHOTGUN SHELLS AND RAM RODS. .3 USED TO MEASURE SHOT AND POWDER FOR RELOADING SHOTGUN SHELLS. .4 USED FOR RAMMING WADS. .5 USED TO HOLD SMOKELESS RIFLE POWDER. .7 USED FOR LOADING POWDER AND SHOT GUN SHELLS. .8 USED FOR SETTING PRIMERS IN STORE LOADED SHOT GUN SHELLS. .9 USED WITH CAPPER AND RAMMER TOOL. .10 USED PULLING HARD EXTRACTION SHOT GUNS SHELLS FROM SHOT GUNS. .11 A PINFIRE SHELL HAS ITS OWN FIRING PIN.

Catalogue Number

P19683049000

Acquisition Date

1968-01

Collection

Museum

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