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Balloon head 45-70 - Gussy - 10-18-2018
My metal detecting buddy dug up a balloon head 45-70 case. Flat bottom, international primer, no markings.
Found in Walla Walla, WA. Any idea of age?
RE: Balloon head 45-70 - Don McDowell - 10-18-2018
early 1870's, military issue.
RE: Balloon head 45-70 - Gussy - 10-19-2018
Darn phone can't spell. Changed words and the proof reader didn't catch it.
Should have read internal primer.
RE: Balloon head 45-70 - Don McDowell - 10-19-2018
I have a spot on top of a ridgeline in my pasture, that over looks a number of teepee rings, that has several piles of those spent cases in a line , much like a skirmish line.