Original U.S. Indian Wars M1874 .45/70 McKeever Cartridge Box with New Jersey Plate - Marked to Watervliet Arsenal - Springfield Trapdoor Rifle Japanese Holsters The fittings and leather body

The fittings and leather body have been repainted OD green at one point

all this could have been one reason that the Jerry counter-attack failed that night

but is missing a lot of the original paint

and even the muzzle nut are all marked with shortened number 743

being made from a relatively soft alloy

Original U.S. Indian Wars M1874 .45/70 McKeever Cartridge Box with New Jersey Plate - Marked to Watervliet Arsenal - Springfield Trapdoor Rifle Japanese Holsters The fittings and leather bodyOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is a very nice Model 1874 McKeever cartridge box, designed to hold twenty . 45 70 "Government" cartridges for the Springfield Trapdoor rifle, ten on each side. These are held in place by fabric loops, and the box opens up like a clam shell, and is hinged at the bottom with a brass rod. A leather closure tab fastens to brass finial on the top. The box was a very well liked design, so after the U. S. Army Adopted