Eley patent wire cartridge

[Slamfire]

Around 1820 or so Eley made a cartridge for holding shot to load in a smoothbore. It looked to me like a piece of chicken wire fence made of copper, with smaller holes, of course. I've lost the picture I had. Does anybody know of one?

 

[ResearchPress]

I can't help with the picture, but you can read an article on Eley's Patent Wire Cartridge on my web site.

If anyone can offer a picture to go along with this article it would be great!

David

 

[musketman]

Around 1820 or so Eley made a cartridge for holding shot to load in a smoothbore. It looked to me like a piece of chicken wire fence made of copper, with smaller holes, of course. I've lost the picture I had. Does anybody know of one?

This is a hard to find item...

I did find this...

 

[Slamfire]

Well it pays to know a Brit cartridge collector. The one I'm talkin' about is second from the left.