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50-70 Government, 50-70 Musket, 50-70 for sale

Factory new STARLINE #4030 unprimed  50-70 Government (50-70 Springfield, 50-70 Musket, 50-70) unprimed brass rifle cases, 50 PCS.

HISTORY:  At introduction the .50-70 Musket was officially known as the .50-70-450 (.50 caliber-70-grain of black powder shooting a 450-grain bullet).  Referenced also as the .50-70 Springfield because the round was adapted for the Springfield Model 1866 Trapdoor.  Remington Rolling Blocks and Sharps chambered rifles in .50-70 used by the military and buffalo hunters.   The .50-70 was replaced by the .45-70 in 1873.