Watertown .577 cal. Ammunition Crate
This Watertown Arsenal reproduction crate is annotated to house 700 standard “Minnie Bullets” and 300 “Patent Bullets” (William’s Cleaner Rounds). The copied example once resided in a private collection, but is currently on display at the Spotsylvania County Museum, Virginia.
This Watertown Arsenal reproduction crate is annotated to house 700 standard “Minnie Bullets” and 300 “Patent Bullets” (William’s Cleaner Rounds). The copied example once resided in a private collection, but is currently on display at the Spotsylvania County Museum, Virginia.
This Watertown Arsenal reproduction crate is annotated to house 700 standard “Minnie Bullets” and 300 “Patent Bullets” (William’s Cleaner Rounds). The copied example once resided in a private collection, but is currently on display at the Spotsylvania County Museum, Virginia.
This ammunition box is fabricated from custom-cut white pine boards. The pins and tails of the container’s dovetail joints are accurately angled, sized, and located. The characteristics of the handles that are observed on Watertown crates are reproduced. Proper historic cut-nails (square nails) are used to fasten the various wood panels and handles to form the box, The container is coated with the proper shade and sheen of olive paint, and the stenciling on this example was traced and sized off of an original.