US Indian Wars Era, Frazier Patent Mounted Cartridge Box & Sling
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has
been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $125.00
US Indian Wars Era, Frazier Patent Mounted Cartridge Box & Sling
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has
been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $125.00
Original era manufacture. Frankly when this rig first came in I was a bit mystified as I had only ever seen these pouches with a pair of standard belt loops on the reverse, always with a drilled wood block insert inside the pouch. Apparently, Frazier had several patents for his boxes, the standard belt loop model, this type and a third with a sliding cover. It was also noted in a respected online source, that instead of a wood block insert, these were originally designed to accept a paper packet of twenty rounds. I learn something new everyday! Online photographic evidence of these mounted pouches is minimal, in fact the only example I did find online shows a similar pouch which has a mode of suspension as ours does, but was modified from a standard belt loop pattern with the strap and buckle added post-production. Our example shows no evidence of belt loops ever being mounted to the reverse, instead, the ends of the strap attachments pass through slits in the leather body and are sewn and riveted in place. The online modified model I mentioned has a rectangular securing buckle while ours is an oval shaped cast brass buckle, so who knows. Overall the pouch and belt are sound, the body leather is soft an pliable, the hinges work as they should and the NG plate is securely attached.