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Unread 04-08-2012, 09:37 AM   #8
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Richard, Here are a few pictures of the Draper Patent 2 piece shell. I believe it was primed with a Berdan primer or a percussion cap. The headstamp reads Patent Nov.29th 1864 F D and Co.
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