Hello SSS,
Unless I've missed someone, there are seven companies selling reproduction Blakeslee Cartridge Cases also known as "Quickloaders".
(1)
Taylors & Co. has a six tube model with tins and strap selling for $277.00; (2)
SS Firearms has a six tube model with tins and strap selling for $150.00; (3)
Blockade Runner has a six tube model with tins and strap selling for $99.95; and (4) the
Romano Rifle Co. apparently offers both a 6 and 10 tube model - but, when I click on their web site for pricing information, nothing happens, the pricing information never appears. If you know the pricing schedule for their Blakeslees, please post them or PM them to me. (5)
http://www.civilwarleather.com. It's a wood block drilled for six or ten tubes (included), leather wrapped, with sling and marked "Blakeslee Cartridge Box, U.S., Patd December 20, 1864, R.Gaylord, Chicopee, Mass.". Price is around $225 plus shipping for either the six or ten tube models: and new listing for (6)
http://www.Heritageleathercw.com has a 6 tube Blakeslee complete with strap for $267.75: (7)
http://www.periodleather.com/products.cfm?CatID=3 has a 6 tube Blakeslee, complete, for $210.00
My question is - can someone comment on the quality of the different models sold by the various companies listed above? There is an incredible difference in the price of the Blakeslees currently being sold. So does this
difference in price translate into a marked
difference in the quality of the Blakeslees being sold?
If you own a Blakeslee from any of the above named companies your comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Two Flints