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U.S. NAVY MODEL 1889 COLT REVOLVER “NEW CARTRIDGE
PACK” SPINDLE - MANUFACTURED BY THE COLT FIREARMS
COMPANY – VERY RARE CARTRIDGE AND COLT APPENDAGE:
Patented by Carl J. Ehbets of Hartford, Connecticut and
manufactured by the Colt Firearms Company, these
“Cartridge Packs” were the first successfully produced
“speed loaders”. Carried in the Model 1889 U.S. Navy
Revolver Cartridge Pouch, and issued with the .38
Caliber Model 1889 Colt Revolver, the Cartridge Pack
consisted of the central wooden plug offered here and a
brass wrap-around collar that secured the six cartridges
around the plug. Due to the expendable nature of the
pack, once the cartridges were loaded into the pistol’s
cylinder, the plug and collar were discarded, making
these pieces extremely rare today.
These Cartridge Packs are well documented in Scott
Meadow’s U.S. Military Holsters and Pistol Cartridge
Boxes on page 410, and in Gun Tools Volume I,
by Shaffer, Rutledge and Dorsey on page 358. The
photograph of the filled Cartridge Pack is as shown in
Gun Tools Volume I.
This Cartridge Pack plug is in like new, unissued
condition, showing no wear or damage, and the
inspector’s or piece worker’s initials are still visible
on the top of the plug. This rare Colt’s Pistol
accessory is sufficiently rare that most collectors do
not know they exist, and few have ever seen one, making
this a truly special offering.
SOLD
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