TRAPDOOR .45/70 HEADLESS SHELL EXTRACTORS:
The
Headless Shell Extractor provided the means for the
soldier to drive out the cartridge case and rejoin the
battle, thus one of the more important gun tools from
the Indian War era. See Gun Tools, Their History and
Identification, Shaffer, Rutledge, and Dorsey, pages
257-260
for more information.
I
have two patterns of this tool, as shown below.
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