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Y266
7mm LeFaucheux Pinfire Cartridge by Eley Bros. of London
Description:
Very nice 7mm pinfire cartridge with a pleasing brown patina.
Measures: L .886
Recovered:
Non Excavated
Price:
$22.00
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Y265
.69/.70 Tower Enfield for the P51 English Musket
Description:
Nice .69 Tower bullet with a nose ring. This one does have one very
slight flat spot on the side.
Measures:
D .672 L .997 C .440
Cavity: Plug
Type
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 590V
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$40.00
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Y264
.69 Belgian
Description:
Nice .69 Belgian bullet. This is the pattern without the prominent sprue
mark on the nose.
Measures:
D .671 L 1.113 C .368
Cavity:
Conical
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 557
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$35.00
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Y263 .69
Raleigh Pattern (Carcano/Garibaldi)
Description:
Nice .69 bullet manufactured at the N.C. Institute for the Deaf, Dumb,
and Blind in Raleigh, N.C.. This one is in great shape and the cavity
walls aren't bent.
Measures:
D .671 L 1.084 C .432
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No.
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$45.00
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Y262
.56 Colt Revolving Rifle Bullet with Punchmark
Description:
Excellent CRR bullet with the harder to find small punchmark on the
base. This odd patina is due to the bullet having been recovered with
remnants of the paper cartridge in place.
Measures:
D .579 L .941
Recovered:
Tennessee
Price:
$25.00
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Y261
Lot of 20 Hand Carved Civil War Bullets
Description:
Interesting lot of 20 different carved/whittled bullets.
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley
Price:
$60.00 SOLD
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Y260
.44 Tennessee Rifle (Kerr)
Description:
Nice bullet with an excellent teat.
Measures:
D .439 L .912
Cavity: Teat
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No.
Recovered:
Tennessee
Price:
$55.00
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Y259
.69 Machine Pressed & Turned (Prussian)
Description:
Excellent bullet. These are hard to dig without the skirt being bent.
Measures:
D .669 L 1.160 C .355
Reference: TT#188B
Recovered:
Central Mississippi
Price:
$30.00
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Y258
.44 Henry Carbine Bullet
Description:
Excellent bullet without the powder burn on the base. This one must have
been plucked from the cartridge.
Measures:
D .449 L .657
Reference: TT#60
Recovered:
Virginia
Price:
$15.00 SOLD
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Y251
Large Lead Canister Ball or Musketball
Description:
Large lead ball in very nice shape. I am thinking this would be a lead
canister ball but it is perfect in shape. There is a nice nip mark on
the top.
Measures:
D .906
Recovered:
Middletown, Va.
Price:
$25.00
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Y250
.54 Enfield
Measures:
D .515 L 1.116 C .272
Cavity: Pointed
Conical Cavity
Reference: MM#222
Price:
$10.00
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Y236
.55 Confederate "Wishing Well" Enfield Bullet
Description:
Here is a very nice Enfield bullet from the "Wishing Well Cache"
recovered near Savannah Georgia. This is one of several thousand bullets
recovered from the site. This one still has some lime crustation and
some powder residue in the cavity.
Measures:
D .546 L 1.024
Cavity:
Pointed Conical
Recovered:
Wishing Well Cache
Price:
$20.00
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Y235
.54 Heel Cast Three Ringer
Description:
Nice crisp bullet. Someone wrote 459 in the cavity with a pen.
Measures:
D .529 L 1.003 C .323
Cavity:
Pointed Conical
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$10.00
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Y234
.49/50 Picket Bullet for Country Rifle
Description:
Excellent and hard to find larger picket bullet type.
Measures:
D .488 L .854
Cavity: None
Recovered:
Orange County, Virginia
Price:
$40.00
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Y233
.58 Type I Williams Regulation Cleaner Bullet
Description:
Nice Type I cleaner bullet with the zinc disks still attached to the
bottom.
Measures:
D .582 L 1.088
Cavity: None
Reference: TT#157
Recovered:
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Price:
$8.00
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Y231
.56 Sharps Rifle Bullet
Description:
Here is an excellent Sharps bullet. This is the harder to find large
caliber compared to the common .52.
Measures:
D .576 L 1..050
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 2 No. 484
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$22.00
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Y230
Carved Confederate Gardner Bullet (Fishing Sinker/Pendant)
Description:
Here is a very nicely carved Gardner bullet. This one has a hole going
the entire way through the base on both sides. There is a half moon
shape carved off the nose.
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$15.00
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Y229
.44 Tennessee Rifle (.44/.45 Kerr)
Description:
Excellent condition Tennessee rifle bullet with a cut off teat inside of
the cavity
Measures:
D .449 L .916
Cavity: Teat
Reference: TT#63A/B
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$65.00
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Y226
Confederate .50 Breechloading Carbine Bullet (Macon Arsenal)
Description:
Here is an excellent bullet produced by the Confederate's for a
breechloading carbine. This one was recovered from the C.S. camp
directly across the river from Williamsport, Maryland. This area was a
very large camp during the crossing of the Potomac. It was used directly
after the battle of Gettysburg.
Measures:
D .522 L .910
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 221-224
Recovered:
Gettysburg Retreat Route, Williamsport, Maryland
Price:
$50.00
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Y223
.56 Sharps Rifle Bullet
Description:
Here is an excellent Sharps bullet. This is the harder to find large
caliber compared to the common .52.
Measures:
D .569 L 1.032
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 2 No. 484
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$22.00
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Y222
Five Different .69 Three Ringers.
Description:
Here is an excellent set of five different .69 three ring bullets. The
first one is a typical .69 with a conical cavity. The second had a
higher base. The third has a stepped cone cavity. The fourth has a very
deep conical cavity, and the fifth as the plug cavity. These are the
exact bullets you will receive.
Recovered:
Virginia
Price:
$48.00
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Y221
Scare 6mm Flobert Cartridge
Description:
Here is a hard to find excavated 6mm French Flobert cartridge. This is
as long as a .36 Colt bullet is wide. This one was recovered from a
Cavalry site in S.C. The bottom has the triangle stamp in it.
Measures:
L .363"
Reference: TT#1A
Recovered:
Charleston, S.C.
Price:
$35.00 SOLD
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Y220
.36 Savage Revolver Bullet
Description:
Nice example of a Savage revolver bullet. This example has the tie ring
on the base.
Measures:
D .376 L .706
Cavity: None
Recovered:
Winchester, Va.
Price:
$15.00
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Y219
.36 Savage Revolver Bullet
Description:
Nice .36 Savage revolver bullet with the rebated base.
Measures:
D .382 L .716
Cavity: None
Recovered:
Winchester, Va.
Price:
$15.00
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Y218
Confederate .577 Southern Manufacture
Description:
Excellent bullet which some call the Tennessee style.
Measures:
D .561 L 1.076 C .352
Cavity:
Conical
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 373 V
Recovered:
Spanish Fort, AL
Price:
$22.00
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Y217
Confederate One-Ring Gardner Bullet
Description:
Excellent one-ring Gardner bullet. This one still has some of the
dirt/grease in the ring.
Measures:
D .578 L 1.001 C .449
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 398 Variant
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$35.00
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Y216
.55 Macon Arsenal
Description:
Here is an excellent bullet that is often associated with the Macon
Arsenal. Although there is no proof these were produced there, the name
has continued to stick. This one is in excellent condition. You can
clearly see the flat spot where the sprue was attached to the side of
the nose. This one was recovered from a camp in West Virginia directly
across the river from Williamsport, Md.
Measures:
D .542 L .890 C .307
Cavity:
Conical
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 227
Recovered:
Gettysburg Retreat, Williamsport, Maryland (West Virginia Side of River)
Price:
$125.00
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Y215
Brass .50 Maynard Carbine Cartridge (Flat Nose)
Description:
Nice .50 Maynard Cartridge. This one is intact and appears to be dug but
I cannot be sure.
Measures:
L 1.755
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$55.00
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Z713
Packet of 8mm French Lebel Ammunition (Qty.8)
Description:
Here is a very nice packet of French Lebel ammunition still in the
packet. This one is wrapped in cellophane to protect it. I am told that
these were adopted for the Hotchkiss machine gun in 1932.
Measures: 2" x
3.25"
Recovered:
Surplus Stocks
Price:
$30.00 Sale $20.00
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Y199
Indian War 56/.50 Spencer Cartridge
Description:
Here is a nice 56/.50 Spencer cartridge for the Indian War era Spencer
carbine. This one has some writing on it which could be removed with
some alcohol. It also has ".50 Spencer Carb" lighly engraved into the
side of it.
Measures:
L 1.606"
Price:
$25.00
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Y197
.50 Maynard Carbine Cartridges
Description:
Here are two very nice .50 Maynard cartridges with the flat tops. There
would have been 10 of these in a pack. Both examples are flawless and
they are $55.00 each.
Measures:
L 1.772"
Reference:
RBTRF#3 No 455
Recovered:
Non Excavated
Price:
$55.00 Each
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Y196
Unopened Sleeve of 56/.50 Spencer Cartridges
Description:
Here is an excellent packet of seven .50 Spencer cartridges. There would
have been six of these sleeves in an original box of 42 cartridges. This
would make an excellent addition to any cartridge collection or Spencer
carbine display. This box is complete but does have a few weak corners.
Measures:
1.75" x 4"
Price:
$125.00 Sale $70.00
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Y191
U.M.C. .50-110 H.V. Cartridge
Description:
Here is an excellent cartridge for the .50-110. This one is a high
velocity cartridge and is an excellent example of the harder to find
obsolete cartridges. These early cartridges were used with the Buffalo
rifles of the West.
Measures:
D L 2.738"
Price:
$35.00
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Y187
Brass .54 Burnside Carbine Cartridge
Description:
Here is a very nice cartridge for the .54 Burnside Carbine. This is a
brass cartridge and has a small bump and crack on the rim.
Measures:
L 2.4"
Price:
$50.00
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Y160
Frankford Arsenal .50/70 Cartridge
Description:
This is a very nice .50/70 internally (Benet) primed cartridge. There is
a small crimp near the base on both sides. These were used heavily from
1866-1872/3 and were the primary cartridge of the post Civil War years.
This particular cartridge has no headstamp and was produced at the
Frankford Arsenal.
Measures:
L 2.29"
Price:
SOLD
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Z539
Shipwreck Recovered Grouping of Spencer Carbine Cartridges etc.
Description:
Here is an excellent relic from the American Civil War. This is a very
large concretion recovered from an underwater shipwreck. This one has a
ton of Spencer Carbine bullets attached to it. It also has a bayonet
scabbard tip attached to the end. You can clearly see where a 24lb.
spherical cannonball was resting on the left side of this piece. There
are 25+ Spencer cartridges hanging out of this piece at all different
angles. This would easily be a great centerpiece for any bullet
collection. This piece is quite stable but it must be picked up or
delivered to a show.
Measures
Approximately 13" x 8"
Weight: 13lbs.
5oz.
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$595.00
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Y156
Confederate .577 Enfield Bullet
Description:
Here is a nice Enfield bullet showing crude manufacturing. This one is
nose cast and has some great cold pour lines on it. Judging the
direction of the lines it appears that this one was swirled as it
cooled.
Measures:
D .565 L 1.009 C .252
Cavity:
Conical
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$15.00
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Y154
.56 Colt Revolving Rifle Bullet with Dimple Cavity
Description:
Here is an excellent example of the hard to find pattern of .56 Colt
Revolving Rifle bullets. This one has the small punch mark on the base
and a small air pocket.
Measures:
D .572 L .896 C .062
Cavity: Dimple
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 2 No. 397 Variant
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley
Price:
$30.00
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Y153
Confederate Nose Cast .577 Enfield Bullet
Description:
Here is a nice .577 Enfield bullet recovered from Tennessee. This one is
nose cast and is very pointy. It has a conical cavity with a very thin
skirt and mold seams on both sides.
Measures:
D .550 L 1.016 C .299
Cavity:
Conical
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 509 Variant
Recovered:
Tennessee
Price:
$12.00
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Y146
US/CS .38 Picket Bullet for Country Rifle
Description:
Here is an excellent .38 picket bullet that would have been used in a
variety of different country rifles. This one is perfect and the base is
nice and flat.
Measures:
D .374 L .698 C N/S
Cavity: None
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley
Price:
$22.00
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Y145
Confederate .54 Long Pattern Enfield Bullet
Description:
Here is an excellent long pattern Enfield bullet. This would have been
used with the .54 Mississippi rifle. This one is in excellent shape.
Measures:
D .528 L 1.221 C .283
Cavity:
Conical
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 N0. 289-290
Recovered:
Spanish Fort, Alabama
Price:
$35.00
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Y143
Federal .56 Sharps Rifle Bullet
Description:
Here is an excellent large caliber sharps for the .56 Sharps Rifle.
These were originally produced in a paper cartridge and approximately
400,000 were purchased by Colonel Symington according to Dean Thomas.
The paper cartridges produced by other Arsenals were found to be
defective and the later versions were made the linen tubes. This is the
largest bullet produced by the Sharp's Rifle Manufacturing Company
during the war
Measures:
D .572 L 1.059 C N/A
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 2 No. 484
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley Area
Price:
$25.00
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Y137
Confederate .50 Breechloading Carbine Bullet
Description:
Here is a very nice .50 Confederate carbine bullet. These are thought to
have been a product of the Macon Arsenal but that is unconfirmed. These
are commonly dug in Confederate positions all around Williamsport, Md.
and across the river in Falling Waters, WV. This example is in excellent
shape. The dark line running horizontal on the bullet is not a gash but
a high spot that is worn down. It is thought that this style may be for
a Gallager or Smith carbine.
Measures:
D .513 L .920 C N/A
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No.
Recovered:
Williamsport, Md. Gettysburg Retreat Route
Price:
$45.00
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Y133
.52 Confederate Selma Arsenal Sharps Carbine Bullet
Description:
Here is an excellent "Selma Arsenal" Sharps pattern. These have now been
identified as coming from the Selma Arsenal as many were dug at the site
and regions supplied by this arsenal. This one is in very nice shape
with the small tie ring on the base.
Measures:
D .542 L .993 C N/A
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 Page 195
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$30.00
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Y132
Complete Excavated .54 Burnside Carbine Cartridge
Description:
Here is a very nice excavated .54 Burnside Cartridge. This one is intact
and original but there is a dent on one side that throws the bullet out
of line a few degrees. There are no cracks or chips in the cartridge.
The bullet has some powder burn which is quite common on these
cartridges.
Measures:
L 2.436"
Recovered:
Winchester, Virginia
Price:
$50.00
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Y130
Reconstructed .52 Spencer Carbine Cartridge
Description:
Here is a very nice reconstructed Spencer Carbine cartridge. This one is
free of major flaws and the bullet fits in the cartridge casing very
nicely.
Measures:
L 1.694"
Recovered:
Kearneysville, West Virginia
Price:
$16.00
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Z185
.58 Billinghurst Requa Battery Gun Cartridge
Description:
Here is a very nice cartridge for the twenty five barrel Billinghurst
Requa Battery Gun. This gun was designed by Dr. Josephus Requa, and
William Billinghurst. This gun was able to fire 175 rounds a minute at
the rate of 25 at a time. These 25 cartridges were loaded into a hinged
clip and fired in a single volley. These guns were used at Petersburg,
Fort Sumter, and Cold Harbor. This original cartridge would make an
excellent addition to any Civil War Cartridge Collection.
Measures: 2.5"
Price: $135.00
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Y109
.54 Burnside Cartridge Piece
Description:
Nice excavated .54 Burnside cartridge top. This one still has some of
the hull attached to it. You can still see the powder packed in the base
where the cartridge broke.
Measures:
L 1.5"
Recovered:
Hauser Farm, Sharpsburg, Md.
Price:
$15.00
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Y108
.54 Burnside Cartridge
Description:
This .54 Burnside Carbine bullet is in great shape but the cartridge has
cracked towards the bottom. The hull is still full of powder and is
crushed on the end.
Measures:
L 2"
Recovered:
Hauser Farm, Sharpsburg, Md.
Price:
$20.00
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Y78
US/CS .38 Picket Bullet
Description:
This is an excellent .38 Picket Rifle bullet. The patina and the base
are flawless.
Measures:
D .372 L .623 C N/A
Cavity: None
Reference: TT#211
Series
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley
Price:
$20.00
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Y76
.36 3rd Pattern Richmond Laboratory for the Colt Navy Revolver
Description:
This is an excellent example of the 3rd pattern .36 Colt revolver
bullet. The third pattern is just a little bit longer than the 2nd
pattern and the nose is a little wider. This allowed the bullet to be
forced into the rifling. This allowed the bullet to grab the rifling a
little better and produce a stable flight pattern.
Measures:
D .384 L .594 C None
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 14
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley
Price:
$35.00
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Y75
.36 2nd Pattern Richmond Laboratory for the Colt Navy Revolver
Description:
This is the second pattern of the .36 Richmond Laboratory Colt Bullets.
The first pattern looks very similar to your common .36 Colt. This
second pattern had its own problems as the nose section was smaller and
it didn't take to the bore quite right. This particular example is in
excellent condition.
Measures:
D .366 L .565 C N/A
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 12
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley
Price:
$35.00
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Y74
Confederate .44 Colt (Old Style)
Description:
Here is an excellent .44 "Old Style" Colt revolver bullet. This is the
Confederate version of the .44 Dragoon. These were also produced at the
Richmond Laboratory. This one has a slight hint of a rebated base.
Measures:
D .457 L .785 C N/A
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 30
Recovered:
Shenandoah Valley
Price:
$12.00
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Y70
Confederate .577/.58 Selma Lube Groove
Description:
This is an excellent example of a shallow cavity Selma Lube Groove.
These bullets were produced at the Selma Arsenal in Alabama. There is
also a deep cavity version of this bullet as well.
Measures:
D .570 L 1.004 C .268
Cavity: Small
Plug Type
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 337
Recovered:
Spanish Fort, Alabama
Price:
$20.00
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Y67
Confederate .577/.58 French Triangle Cavity (Blow Through)
Description:
Here is an excellent example of how Confederate ammunition often failed.
There were several types of ammunition that were prone to blowing clean
through like the triangle cavity bullets and the Gardner bullets. Flaws
in casting like air pockets created weak areas in the bullets core. Upon
firing the pressure would be to great and the bullet would blow apart
from the inside.
Measures:
D .582 L 1.136 C Δ
Cavity:
Pointed Triangle
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 329 Variant
Recovered:
Virginia
Price:
$35.00
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Y65
Confederate .58 Side Cast Bullet
Description:
Here is an excellent side cast three ringer. Instead of being nose cast,
these were cast on the side of the nose. This one has an excellent nip
mark where the sprue was cut off. This one has that peppered deep woods
patina. These are thought to have been a product of the Nashville or
Atlanta arsenal.
Measures:
D .566 L 1.001 C .278
Cavity:
Conical
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No. 333
Recovered:
Tennessee
Price:
$16.00
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Y64
Confederate .54 Merrill Carbine Bullet
Description:
Here is an outstanding .54 Merrill Carbine bullet. These were
manufactured at the Richmond Laboratory for the Confederacy. This one
has a very slick patina and great mold characteristics. McKee & Mason
mistakenly called this bullet a Confederate Morse Carbine bullet in
their bullet book. This is the one ring version but there is also a
three ring version that is similar.
Measures:
D .552 L .840 C None
Cavity: None
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 4 No.
Recovered:
Unknown
Price:
$60.00
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Y49
.36 Colt with Punchmark
Description:
Here is a tough one to track down. This is the .36 with the punch
indentation in the base.
Measures:
D .378 L .628 C N/A
Cavity: Small
Punchmark
Reference:
RBTRF Vol. 3 No.754
Price:
$20.00
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Z542
A Handbook of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges by Jim & Dean Thomas
Description:
This is an excellent little handbook on Civil War bullets and
cartridges. There are some great examples in here with plenty of updated
information. In my opinion, this book is better than the $40.00 McKee &
Mason book that is full of errors. This book covers a wide variety of
bullets used by the North & South.
Price:
$12.00 Each (Qty. Available 0) Temp. Unavailable!
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Z453
.43 Spanish Reformado Cartridges (11.5mm x 57R)
Description:
Nice grouping of surplus cartridges used in the Rolling Block rifles
made for Spain by Remington. These bullets were thought to be poisonous
when they entered the body. The brass outer layer would form verdigris
and it was thought that it was poisonous to the body.
Recovered:
Surplus Stocks
Price:
$10.00 each Qty Available 10
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Y11
.54 Georgia Troops
Measures:
D .525 L 1.031 C .129
Cavity: Teat
Price:
$16.00
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