Inside primed .45-70 Gov't

[Dutchman]

https://images14.fotki.com/v1241/photos/2/28344/3886627/ben1-vi.jpg (https://public.fotki.com/dutchman/crufflerstuff/v_am-1/ben1.html)

https://images34.fotki.com/v329/photos/2/28344/3886627/ben2-vi.jpg (https://public.fotki.com/dutchman/crufflerstuff/v_am-1/ben2.html)

https://images12.fotki.com/v1291/photos/2/28344/3886627/ben5-vi.jpg (https://public.fotki.com/dutchman/crufflerstuff/v_am-1/ben5.html)

[Dutchman]

https://images34.fotki.com/v1633/photos/2/28344/6456804/856001EdwinMartinCartridge1871-vi.jpg (https://public.fotki.com/dutchman/patents/misc-patents/us000111856-001.html)

https://images34.fotki.com/v1633/photos/2/28344/6456804/Martin2-vi.jpg (https://public.fotki.com/dutchman/patents/misc-patents/martin2.html)

[ShooterAZ]

I have found numerous "inside primed" 45 Colt cases with my metal detector, it only makes sense that they would have some 45-70 cases from the same era primed in the same way. Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing.

[Winger Ed.]

Interesting. I'd never seen those before, or didn't know what I was looking at.

I guess that was a early generation of what our modern primers evolved from.