Purpose for collor button boolit?

[littlejack]

As the title asks:
What was the original purpose of the collar button 45 boolit, and in what
cartridge was it originally used, if factory loaded? Looks like a type of gallery
boolit?
Just curious.
Jack

[coaldust]

I don't know but I've been told (sounds like the begining of an Army marching cadence), that the collar button bullet was indeed for gallery loads and plinking, about the samething we use them for now. I shoot them in my Ruger #3.

[Bret4207]

Yup, light weight, low recoil, short range design for the 45-70.

[littlejack]

Thanks fellas. I like firearms history.
Jack

[Doc Highwall]

Just like how people here at Cast Boolits want to have a light plinking load the military used the Lyman 457130 for Armory practice for the solders IIRC loaded with five grains of black powder.

[WARD O]

I've heard it was to be a small game bullet - potting a grouse or something where the full power load would be too destructive.

Ward

[Bent Ramrod]

It was supposed to be the same weight as a round ball of the same diameter with a better arrangement as to lube, bearing surface and air resistance. Still at gallery distances, of course, but it was supposed to work better in the quicker twists of breechloaders.