.50 Rem. Army, F.A., Benet Internal Primed, Oxide on Bullet,, One Cartridge not a Box.

Description

One Cartridge, not a box, the picture of the box is for reference only.

For the age this is a near mint condition with some oxide on the lead bullet, normal for that age of over 100 years old.

One Cartridge not a Box: 50 Remington (M71) Army rolling block pistol cartridge by Frankford Arsenal, 1872 production. (145 years old) Oxide on lead projectile with Internal “Benet Cup” experimental primer, which was only made for 2 years before changing to  a “Martin” external primer”. Please Note: The 2 machined crimps outside the case that hold the internal primer in place. Also oxide projectile vs, cleaned projectile also available.

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History of the .50 Remington cartridges ( 2 versions):
The first version: .50 Remington “Navy” (M67) was introduced in the U.S.A., around 1866 for the Navy Model 1867 (M67) rolling block pistol and was a straight, with very slight taper, rim-fired cartridge and later as a straight walled center-fire case.
The .50 Remington a/k/a .50 Remington Army (M71) cartridge  was the second version of this caliber.
The later version (below) .50 Remington “Army” (M71) was a “bottle necked” case for the Remington Army Model 1871 rolling block pistol introduced in 1870 had an “Inside Primed” Benet Cup internal primed center-fired cartridge.
Then later, sometime around 1873, the cartridge primer changed to an external primed (Martin Primed) and later to a regular, more modern, outside primed case.
Ammunition was loaded by both Remington and Winchester and was available until about 1920, making this caliber obsolete for over 103 years on regular primed and up to 150 years on inside primed at this writing.
The Army (M71) version has a large diameter projectile and will not fire in the Navy (M67) rolling block pistol.