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Left:
bullet - .534"
neck - .542"
base - .550"
rim - .680"
case length - 1.506"
overall length - 2.142"
Right:
bullet - .533"
neck - .546"
base - .550"
rim - .678"
case length - 1.509"
overall length - 2.143"
Comparing four other .50 Morse cartridges for which dimensions were provided that I found in several different
publications reveals that there didn't appear to be very close tolerances applied to the production of these
cartridges, as all differed fairly significantly from each other in one or more of the dimensions. The high and low
extremes of the dimensions of the four cartridges are as follows:
Note that the dimensions of the two pictured cartridges all fall very close to, if not within, these ranges. I would
like hear from others who have examples of the Confederate Morse cartridge in their collections; and would very
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much appreciate it if they would provide me with the dimensions and descriptions of their cartridges.
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