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A patch box is a patch storage compartment on muzzleloader guns, usually built into the stock or butt of a rifle. [1] Patches were used to wrap a round shot lead ball projectile so that it fit snugly in the muzzle of the gun creating the necessary seal. It also allowed undersized balls to be used. Patches were usually pre-cut and pre-lubricated ...
This design proved to be unpopular because it weakened the wrist of the stock. Later Brunswick rifles featured a more conventional side action lock. The stock was made of walnut, and featured a straight wrist and a low comb butt. A patch box with a hinged brass lid was located on the right side of the butt. Originally, the Brunswick rifle used ...
The Merrill rifle was produced from 1862 to 1865 with a total quantity estimated at over 800. The rifle was a .54 caliber, single -shot, percussion, breechloader with an action identical to the Merrill Carbine, but with a 33-inch barrel, two barrel bands, and a lug for attaching a bayonet. It also had a brass patch box similar to the First Type ...
Patch box or patchbox might refer to; Patch box (cosmetics), a box for storing artificial beauty marks; Patch box (firearms), a storage compartment on muzzleloader guns; Tinderbox, or patch box, used to store flint and tinder to kindle a fire
Later examples are mounted in brass with a graceful S-shaped hammer. Only the very early examples are known to have a patch box. The rifle was made both with and without a special bayonet lug which allowed the use of a sword bayonet. The weapons are highly rare and collectible and pristine examples command prices in excess of $25,000.
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Like the M1814 common rifle, it had a large oval patch box in the stock, however the stock dropped steeper than on the M1814 common rifle. [ 2 ] After producing the M1814 common rifle through contractors, the military decided to do the same with the M1817 rifle.