I have a couple of very early Union Metallic Cartridge Company No. 1 pistol cartridges box. The company was founded in 1867 and I think these boxes were made maybe prior to or around 1870. Both came to me empty and over time I have collected copper clad 22 Short ammo to fill the box. The problem comes in while filling a box, I was able to put 112 in a box of 100. 7 x 16 cartridges make up the box and there appears there is no way to come up with 100 cartridges so am asking if anyone who owns one that can help me identify how they are filled. found only one reference to some type of wood block in the bottom of the box to hold the cartridges??
This is a math problem because I can see no way that a box that is exactly twice as long as wide can have 100 cartridges???
This is a math problem because I can see no way that a box that is exactly twice as long as wide can have 100 cartridges???
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