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Balloon head 45-70
10-18-2018, 10:19 PM,
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Balloon head 45-70
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?
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10-18-2018, 10:59 PM,
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RE: Balloon head 45-70
early 1870's, military issue.
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10-19-2018, 10:39 AM,
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RE: Balloon head 45-70
Darn phone can't spell. Changed words and the proof reader didn't catch it.

Should have read internal primer.
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10-19-2018, 11:31 AM,
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RE: Balloon head 45-70
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.
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