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Rifle Box Kit: Make Your Own .45-70 and .50-70 Govt Cartridge Packs

Rifle Box Kit: Make Your Own .45-70 and .50-70 Govt Cartridge Packs

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.45-70 Rifle and Carbine Cartridge Packet Forming Kits
For Trapdoor, Rolling Block, Sharps and other Black Powder Cartridge Rifles & Carbines

Make historically correct .45-70 or .50-70 Government arsenal packs 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 Trapdoor, Rolling Block, Sharps and other rifles and carbines.

See the tutorial video: 

https://youtu.be/_mGsmM0q_l4

Each Kit Includes:

  • Box forming template
  • Lid forming template
  • Divider templates
  • Forming jig
  • 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 Indian Wars-era or Spanish-American War arsenal and contractor packets.

Note This is a packet-forming kit only. It does not include powder, primers, 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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