Re: MAO-MAO WAR

At 3:52 PM -0500 11/25/03, Popeyesays@aol.com wrote:
>
>
>I think the line runs: "If it was a miracle, it 
>was a .45 caliber, boxer cartridge miracle, Sir."
>
>Boxer cartridges were a way of making the brass 
>cartridge where the base plate was woldered on 
>to the length of the cartridge. This is an 
>inferior way of making a cartridge in the long 
>run, as the extractors on weapons will sometimes 
>tear the base plate off the brass cartridge, 
>leaving a jam very difficult to clear.

Boxer refers to the primer design does it not? 
Berdan primed (single hole and different anvil 
design) vs Boxer Primed (dual hole and the anvil 
as part of the cartridge and not integral to the 
primer).

A quick Google search yielded
thisŠhttp://www.martinihenry.com/450577.htm

So the early Boxer-Henry .45 brass was coiled and 
rolled, not drawn. That's the reason for it's 
tearing. Interesting.

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