Ft. Laramie to Ft. Sedgwick

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I have tried to find the old trail as described by Eugene Ware in book Indian war of 1864. Early this fall I picked up four. After getting home a few days later, I could smell the aroma of burnt powder in my tote sack and dug them back out. The one was a dud but no lead.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Your finds appear to be fired Benet-Primed .45-70 cartridges (for the US Model-1873 Springfield "Government" Rifle) which were manufactured between March 1875 and March 1877 -- the month when the Frankford Arsenal first began marking the cartridge base with a headstamp.
https://www.oldammo.com/november04.htm

 

[Retired Sarge]

Unless I'm missing something here (And normally I am) I'm seeing a dimple showing the firing pin struck it, the absence of the projectile shows it fire. So looks like a normal expended shell casing to me.

Honestly don't know how long the smell of powder remains in a shell casing, that is left in the elements.

 

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IDK. They all have a hint and that you this inside...IDK...