Ammuntion types (l.-r.): Nose fused common shell with early wrapped case used with friction primer; tin body canister with two piece case used with friction primer; cut-a-way base fused common with one piece center fire primered case; brass body canister with center fire case; late nose fused...
i have been told it's a 1.65 hotchkis casing....it is brass its approx.4 inches long and 1 inch in diameter...open one end and small (fuse like ) hole on the other...no markings....was told it was 1870's mountain gun cartridge.....What do you think?
may need close up view.button measures 1 1/2 mm --2 mm.....unsure of back mark is pretty worn. also button is more silver in appearance than the pic scan shows....it appears gold on scan thank you. here is another with same dimensions......the center flower is raised slightly higher than...