Posted 13 years ago
BAM091707
(6 items)
Have no clue what they are.Any iDEAS??????? I got these from an Estate Auction and The gentleman was in WW2 but I have no clue if these are from then or what....
US ARMY CAPS/TIN | ||
| Military and Wartime6764 of 7435 |  |  |
These look like caps for cap and ball type guns, anyone else agree ?
From Remington dot com......:1867 - In an effort to diversify their holdings, Schuyler, Hartley & Graham purchased two small New England cartridge companies. These companies were later closed, and the equipment moved to a new site in Bridgeport, Connecticut. On August 9, 1867, the Union Metallic Cartridge Company (U.M.C.Co.) was incorporated. It was particularly noted for its development of metallic cartridges. It and its successor company subsequently developed the first paper shotshells successfully manufactured in the United States, the first primer adapted to smokeless powder; the first battery cup for best quality paper shotshells; the first cartridges for automatic pistols; the first standard high-power smokeless cartridges for big game autoloading rifles; the first .410 bore gauge shotshell in the United States; the first nickeled primer; the first oil-proof automatic pistol cartridges; and the first completely wetproof loaded shells, including top wad, crimp and body. I will post the link in the next block.
Here is the link to the information above :....http://www.remington.com/Pages/Our-Company/Company-History.aspx
how about value if they are original.
They are called percussion caps.
One can buy new ones on-lie for $40.00 to $50.00 per 1000, age does not make them any better, The can might be worth a couple of bucks but I wouldn't guess much but then again I'm not a gun nut.