Down the rabbit hole if anyone is up for a long read..

I tried to follow the whole thread of conversation about the breech loading cartridges in The Field. It gives a pretty clear understanding of people's thoughts, what guns they were using, whose cartridges they were using, etc. It culminates with that Eley ad on how to use the cartridges. From this too, you clearly see that people were using Eley made pinfire cartridges for a couple years as of 1860.

It begins with someone trying to put wire cartridges into a new cartridge for Needham's pinfire gun. This sparks a months-long conversation about pinfire cartridges and their pros and cons with many anecdata about people's experiences with the cartridges across many guns.


Field - Saturday 06 October 1860


Field - Saturday 27 October 1860


Field - Saturday 03 November 1860


Field - Saturday 17 November 1860


Field - Saturday 01 December 1860


Field - Saturday 08 December 1860


Field - Saturday 15 December 1860


Field - Saturday 29 December 1860


Field - Saturday 05 January 1861


Field - Saturday 02 February 1861

Last edited by AaronN; 07/17/20 01:46 PM.
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