Odd bullet from the past.
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DANNY SPENCER
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Chuck
I think they are musket balls or case shot that were squared off in shipment to an arsenal.
Possibly due to poor quality crates or the crates being dropped or smashed?
I have seen squared Enfield’s that appeared this way.
I think they are musket balls or case shot that were squared off in shipment to an arsenal.
Possibly due to poor quality crates or the crates being dropped or smashed?
I have seen squared Enfield’s that appeared this way.
tom stelma
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Hello,
I think the answer may be a little simpler than shipment. I believe them to be squared off by an explosion of an ammunition dump like the one at Synders Bluff north of Vicksburg.
The CSA used alot of singular 69-caliber round ball cartridges without buck & ball as well as buck & ball and the explosions could have suared them as easily as it did Enfields & 3-groove minies.
The Tyler arsenal records states many such cartridges were made.
Tom Stelma
I think the answer may be a little simpler than shipment. I believe them to be squared off by an explosion of an ammunition dump like the one at Synders Bluff north of Vicksburg.
The CSA used alot of singular 69-caliber round ball cartridges without buck & ball as well as buck & ball and the explosions could have suared them as easily as it did Enfields & 3-groove minies.
The Tyler arsenal records states many such cartridges were made.
Tom Stelma
Hello, I think I have to give some informations. (sorry for my bad English) The bullet in the first picture was shot by a rifle. These bullets were loaded with a linen patch that fittet around the bullet. You can see the imprints of this patch on the grooves of the bullet. You can see them also on round balls which were shot by a rifle and on the base of pointed bullets from the Thouvenin Pillar breech system(my second picture). I found all of these double-bullets and a lot of normal round balls on a 30 Years battlefield (1644) near my home town. A painting of the battle you can see here: http://www.digam.net/dokument.php?ID=2268
Some of the double bullets are tied with an iron nail.
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I hope You are interested in these bullets and give me an idea, if they could be used in 1644?
Greetings from Germany
mattes
Some of the double bullets are tied with an iron nail.
[attachment=1:8f02b]patch2.jpg[/attachment:8f02b][attachment=0:8f02b]patch.jpg[/attachment:8f02b]
I hope You are interested in these bullets and give me an idea, if they could be used in 1644?
Greetings from Germany
mattes
