Recent content by emike123

Not sure this will move here, but up for grabs is a set of CW camp found smooshed bullets made into a checkers set, the round ones vs. the sideways smooshed Minies. $150 plus $10 shipping (free shipping if you opt not to take the modern wooden painted board).

Here's a fired Hanoverian style bullet like MM63, but in approximately .55 caliber. I got it from Jim Dewes, a dealer, off eBay, but he never answered my question about where it came from so that is unknown. As a result, I have come to think this is likely a European found bullet. $15 plus $2...

I got this picture off a dealer site a while back. Its no longer there and the collection has since been broken up and the pieces sold off individually. Some very cool pieces.

Since the last 3 months worth of posts were lost, I thought I'd put up a picture of two to get things going again. Note the difference in diameter between the Standard and "Burnside" Eagle breast plates.

Things are mighty quiet on the board. Oh wait, I found out where many of our board members are today: http://www.summerredneckgames.com/ The mudpit belly-flop judges contestants on their flabby form and sonic splat as they drop gut-first into muddy water, splattering nearby spectators. The...

I figure that (temporarily, I hope - but I did just check again) absent the ability to upload pictures we need some extra creativity to stimulate interest. One of the things we had discussed was a commentary on the bullets by McKee and Mason number. I’ll be the first penguin to dive into these...

Having grown up in the North as the descendent of many Southerners, there were a couple of events in my life that caught me unawares. One was when, about ten years ago, I attended my Uncle's funeral and a eulogist explained why my Uncle had volunteered for the Navy at the start of WWII because...

I think we may have done this topic before, but in the absence of being able to post pictures and having just upgraded my MM135, I've been thinking about all the bullets in the NSTCW price guide that are $10 or less that I'd like to buy. Feel free to add your own, but here are a few: MM3...

...but what the heck is it? 0.59 x 0.919 with a 4th ring and a 0.40" deep Type 3 cavity. Found in Virginia Looks like a Gallager that had some of Barry Bonds' "Lindseed Oil" put on it :P

These pictures reminded me of the Will Smith's line from Men in Black when Tommy Lee Jones gives him an unimpressively small weapon to go after the nasty alien bug. Four more > .70 caliber bullets next to an MM510. Continuing on the "heavy Metal" theme, MM335, MM323, MM611 and a roughly .75...

I have been combing through my bullets over 0.70" in diameter, working toward a more comprehensive posting of several large caliber bullets. In the process I found these two. They look like MM315 and MM314 except for the crude dimple in the flat portion of their type 5 and type 3 cavities...

Got called for jury duty today. Showed up and was put in the first group to be questioned (e.g., those with the highest odds of getting chosen). The judge proceeded to inform us this was a complex trial and those selected would be there every day for the next month :VA He and the lawyers...

Need some serious professional help with this one! Here are some pictures of a fired slug about which I'd love to hear some opinions. I know what I wanted it to be (bottom of a CS explosive), but the cavity is not as deep as the few I have seen. Despite the crummy picture, the side view shows...

I went for a drive in the Illinois countryside yesterday to pick up my latest acquisition, a Model 1863 Type I musket. I always wanted a war dated Springfield, and the price was right. I have really tried to stay true to the narrow relic collecting categories I focus on and not spread myself...

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