Frankford Arsenal Internally Primed .50-70 Rounds

Lot of 8, .50-70 Benet (Benet.50-70 Inside Primer) Cartridges. At first glance, the cartridge is a ring ignition. In fact, the cartridge was invented by Colonel Sylvester V. Benet consists of a primer located inside the sleeve, fixed by crimping the walls of the sleeve. This type of ammunition is called a cartridge with internal ignition. Sylvester Benet was head of the Equipment Research Department at Frankford Arsenal (FA), Philadelphia. In 1868, the American Armaments Administration decided to officially adopt the Benet ignition system for small arms manufactured by the Frankford Arsenal, until the ignition system was replaced in 1883 by the central external ignition system patented in 1866 by U.S. Army officer Hiram Berdan. Which is the stern of the prostate production, making it possible to reload cartridges. Cartridge 50-70 loaded with black powder. Developed in the USA in 1866.