Re: need help with orig'l spencer ammo
Bruce,
In reviewing Roy Marcot's book, the .56-.52 cartridge was commercially developed as an alterative to the .56-.50 by Crittenden & Tibbals Manufacturing Company in late 1865. It differed by its shorter case length, visible grease grooves, and more positive means of crimping the bullet. He also notes that the French Arsenal ammunition in .56-.50 (Type I) and .56-.52 (Type 2) is not headstamped. Many of the packages of French cartridges (8 cartridges per packet) are dated 1876 or 1877.
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