{"id":6648,"date":"2019-11-09T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T18:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronnewcomer.com\/?p=6648"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T21:30:18","slug":"the-58-schubarth-gallager-gladding-and-other-uncommon-american-pinfire-cartridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronnewcomer.com\/fr\/the-58-schubarth-gallager-gladding-and-other-uncommon-american-pinfire-cartridges\/","title":{"rendered":"The .58 Schubarth, Gallager & Gladding and Other Uncommon American Pinfire Cartridges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The last few posts of our exploration of the relationship between pinfire cartridges and the United States has focused on their use in the American Civil War. In this article we will take a look at some lesser known pinfire cartridges that played their part in the constantly evolving history of ammunition in the United States. First up is the .58 Schubarth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The .58 Schubarth<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The .58 Schubarth was patented and made in 1861 by Casper D. Schubarth who resided at 6 North Main Street, Providence, RI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole idea of the cartridge and rifle is based on a modification and improvement of Gallager & Gladding\u2019s cartridge and rifle that was created a couple years prior. It is an inside-primed pinfire that was made to be easily reloadable with the common Mini\u00e9 bullets and percussion caps. Schubarth\u2019s improvement also made it gas-tight and waterproof by dipping the cartridge in melted tallow after inserting the bullet. The design also called for a small cork wad to be placed between the bullet and the powder to clean the barrel on each shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Schubarth\u2019s interview with The Scientific American<\/em><\/a> he described a rimfire variation of this cartridge by stating that \u201cfor army use a ridge may be formed entirely around the cartridge and filled with fulminating powder, in place of the wire, and cap, so that the cartridge may be inserted in any position. But for sporting it is more economical to adopt the arrangement represented, as the same case may be refilled and used many times.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I do not have ballistic information on the cartridge, in 1861 Schubarth said that \u201cthe powder is fired in the middle of the charge thus causing a rapid combustion<\/em> […] that causes so great force be generated that 60 grains of powder has driven a bullet through 15 one-inch boards at a distance of one hundred yards<\/em>\u201d so it sounds like a fairly powerful cartridge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see and read this whole Scientific American article here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.58 Schubarth Cartridge; and the Improved Breech-loading Rifle Article from The Scientific American, August 31, 1861<\/a><\/blockquote>