This is a full box of .45-70 carbine ball cartridges made at Frankford Arsenal, with the date 1889 stamped on the top of the box. The rounds are loaded in tinned-brass shells of the reloading type, and the lot is offered used as collector ammunition rather than as shooting stock.

Boxes like this are collected for the label and the contents together. The reloading-type tinned-brass shell is a period detail, and a complete, dated box is the form most cartridge collectors want. For a Montana buyer it fits a display of U.S. arsenal ammunition, a cartridge board, or the shelf beside an original .45-70 rifle. Treat it as an antique rather than live supply: keep it dry, keep it out of a chamber, and leave the box intact if you want to keep it as a full example. The supplier gives no round count beyond calling the box full, so go by the photographs.

Key features

• .45-70 carbine ball cartridges
• Frankford Arsenal, box dated 1889
• Tinned-brass reloading shells
• Full box, collector ammunition, used

The box ships to your door in Montana where legal, and you must be of legal age to buy ammunition.