US 1870’S ERA BLACK POWDER “BRASS” SHOTGUN / PERCUSSION RIFLE FLASK, SHELL PATTERN, 8 1/2″ O.A.

“HANDBOOK OF ORDNANCE MATERIAL”, JULY 1962, SPECIAL TEXT ST 9-159, PUBLISHED BY US ARMY ORDNANCE SCHOOL, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD., 175 PAGES, PHOTO’S W/SPECS OF ALL ORDNANACE ISSUED IN 1962, FINE