Spencer cartridge manufacturing dates

Spencer cartridge manufacturing dates

The statement in question refers to relics found at a Plains Indian wars battle site of the 1870s:

The fact that the majority of the Indian cartridges are Spencers [.56/56; .56/52; .56/50] that were not manufactured after 1866 suggests that they were conserving the cartridges they had and even going to great length to curate their ammunition.

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