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Carbine Box Kit: Make Your Own Smith, Sharps, Burnside & Maynard Cartridge Packs

Carbine Box Kit: Make Your Own Smith, Sharps, Burnside & Maynard Cartridge Packs

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Carbine Model

Civil War Carbine Cartridge Packet Forming Kit
For Smith, Sharps, Burnside & Maynard Breechloading Carbines

Make historically correct Civil War carbine cartridge packets with this complete forming kit. Designed for reenactors, living historians, collectors, and museum-quality display work, the kit lets you form authentic-style paper/cardboard packets used with Smith, Sharps, Burnside, and Maynard breechloading carbines.

See the tutorial video here:

https://youtu.be/4uaWHd1cA3s

Each Kit Includes:

  • Period-correct forming template
  • Forming jig
  • Dowel
  • String
  • Pre-cut cardboard sheets
  • Downloadable label sheet
  • Instructional video

Use it to produce display packets, kit contents, or reproduction packaging that matches the look of wartime arsenal and contractor packets.

Note This is a packet-forming kit only. It does not include powder, primers, caps, cartridges, or loaded ammunition. For historical reproduction, display, and educational use. These are based on original designs by Hugh T. Knight and made & sold with his permission.

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