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All - Last week a friend in Mobile, Alabama was visited by a longtime friend of the family. The individual had been known to the victims since he was about 7 or 8 years old. In the course of events, the man used stolen keys to access an office/shop building where he removed approximately 50...

Gentlemen All - There is great news for the CW relic and history interests community. There is a new projectile-oriented CW history forum available for all of us and we now have another place to meet and share in addition to CWBullet, which I will continue to participate in. The new forum...

From an internet posting - let us know if it works. I hope is is helpful to some of you, although I know that a few of you seem to be allergic to soap! LOLOL Easy Tick Removal I think it is worth sharing...especially since this is tick season... A pediatrician tells what she believes is...

All - My forum clock is set to GMT plus 5 hours. According to my welcome screen it is now 4 o'clock in the afternoon, while my computer tells me it is 6 AM! Site administrator, please set the clock!

Chuck - PLEASE SET THE FORUM CLOCK TO THE CORRECT TIME Bill

Chuck - Please set the darned clock to the correct GMT setting - I posted something a few minutes ago and it says I posted it 12 hours from now! Missed a chat meeting this week because of the clock issue! Thanks, Bill

Gentlemen of the Jury - I was asked to help ID the following bullet(s). Anybody got any ideas? Bill

All - On the subject of "bore shots" from the Gettysburg Show I will post a few more "Boring" pics for ya'll to ponder. From a collection of Tube Shots taken in museums, outside, inside, and all over the Confederacy.

Hmmmm - Is there any other kind of carved bullet except a strange carved bullet? Look carefully and you will see the blade "tracks" down the edge of the bullet, then on the ogive. It looks like the "artist" had in mind freeing the ring from the waist of the bullet. The ring had slipped down...

Guys - Here is one more orphaned bullet bound for the cheapo bin at the pawn shopbefore being salvaged - again. It measures from about .585 to .605 diameter, and is fairly concentric in appearance. Curiously it has a star in the base a la the Washington Arsenal type. Not too distorted from...

All - This too, was a "rescued" bullet - also from the $3 bin at a pawn shop. Figured a weird two-ringer was worth the time. Measures about D = .572 (more or less - a shot bullet recall) and the cavity is .689 which is almost to the nose. Also has two paper shards protruding from the...

Guys - Picked this out of a batch of shot bullets headed for the $3 shelf in a store. Thought it was worth a look-see. Anybody wanna offer an opinion? "Flats" are about .480 across and the "High Spots" are about .502. Length is about 1.04 with what appears to be light impact. Cheers,

All - Nothing special, just some more small Enfields with dimensions. Any comments appreciated. The 2nd and 4th are partially concreted or "jammed" with very small river gravel so the cavity depth could not be accurately measured. Bill

All - I am intrigued by the smaller of the three Enfield types in this posting. It is the one on the left. The dimensions for the three bullets are indicated on the card. It looks almost like Cosmopolitan. Any/all comments are appreciated. Bill

Gentlemen All - Here you will find one Maynard carbine round. I will not offer any comments except to ask for your opinion(s) as to authenticity. I will answer your questions as best I can. Thanks for your time and expertise.

Gentlemen All - Here you will find one Burnside carbine round. I will not offer any comments except to ask for your opinion(s) as to authenticity. I will answer your questions as best I can. Thanks for your time and expertise. Bill

Gentlemen All - Here you will find one Gallagher carbine round. I will not offer any comments except to ask for your opinion(s) as to authenticity. I will answer your questions as best I can. Thanks for your time and expertise. Bill

All - This badge was in a box of "stuff" I'd call metal detecting "litter" in a friend of mines country store and museum. He had the stuff out on a counter in the back to look at it and had missed this somehow. I think it is a 5th Corps Badge. Recovery location would have been somewhere...

All - Why did they make these Sharps Bullets with the pointy thingy in the base? Bill

All - Just picked these up - think I like them. Perhaps not a major type but certainly different. Two 41's and two 34's - one each caliber in round and conical. I guess I can eat my belt next week! Or maybe chew on a bullet. [edited to correct 36's to 41's]