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Offline irish

hc speed loaders????
« on: June 12, 2008, 10:50:42 AM »
is there any historical record on the use of a type of speed loader? brass tube and cork??        irish
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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 10:51:41 AM »
Bullet boards.

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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 11:02:10 AM »
HC to what time frame?
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Offline irish

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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 12:47:42 PM »
1840s to 1860s  or so.    54 cal percussion dixie gun works kit.  irish
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Offline RichW

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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 01:00:44 PM »
Brass tube, yes.  With a partition in the middle, and spring loaded caps on each end.  I don't know, but I think they may have been intended for powder and shot.  They go back to at least the 1840's.
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2008, 01:03:38 PM »
Quote from: "RichW"
Brass tube, yes.  With a partition in the middle, and spring loaded caps on each end.  I don't know, but I think they may have been intended for powder and shot.  They go back to at least the 1840's.

Pics? or ref? (I wanna get me sum)
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Offline RichW

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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2008, 01:18:42 PM »
Drop by the house and I'll show ya a picture.

It's actually in a book, and copyright.

Philip Walker, The Victorian Catalogue of Tools for Trades and Crafts (Studio Editions, London, 1994)
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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2008, 04:36:33 PM »
speed loaders go way back .
 but that depends on what you call a speed loader .
Technically the paper cartridge rolls used by the British soldiers where are speed loaders .
Same thing with  whats commonly called , the 12 apostles of the 17th and 18th centuries .
 These are speed loaders .
 Laoding blocks ?  There is a lot of  discussion as to if these can be accounted for  pre 1840
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