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#166 C.S. .58 caliber RM. Excavated .58 caliber bullet for rifle muskets, Southern manufacture. So-called "Georgia teat" bullet. Pointy nose, tall body with three grooves, cavity with large teat. Mould seams visible through grooves. White/gray patina. Nice condition. Reference: TT171a .578 x 1.107 $20.00 |
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#165 C.S. .58 caliber RM. Another variation of the so-called "Georgia teat" bullet. Pointy nose, tall body with three grooves, thick skirt, cavity with flattened teat. Mould seams visible through grooves. White/tan patina. Nice condition. Reference: TT171a .580 x 1.147 $18.00 |
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#164 .58 caliber RM Cartridge. Paper cartridge for a .58 caliber minie. For .58 caliber rifled muskets. Complete paper cartridge. Small repair at bottom and lower portion of cartridge is darkened from lubricant. Old collector's mark (57) on caartridge...from Dean Thomas collection. Good cartridge at resonable price. $48.00 |
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| #163 .58 caliber Fired Shaler. This is two pieces of the three-piece Shaler bullet that was fired and the top and middle section wedged together. Reference: TT155b $24.00 |
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| #162 .50 caliber Maynard Cartridge. This is a "put-together" cartridge. Pointy style bullet has beautiful white patina. Brass case is complete with soldered base disc. Nice specimen. .550 x 1.797 Reference: TT78 $35.00 |
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| #161 .58 caliber French Minie, Pulled. This "Minie" is of French design and was imported into the South. This bullet is elongated ball with a pointy nose, three grooves, and a triangular cavity. Sandy-tan patina. This is a "pulled" specimen with screw hole in nose. .575 x .793 Reference: TT176; MM349; RB1-329 $14.00 |
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#160 .52 caliber Sharps. Excavated .52 caliber bullet for Sharps carbines and rifles. Pointy nose, raised bands, machine punch-mark with raised teat. White/tan patina with black powder stains on bottom. Nice condition. Reference: TT114 .536 x .934 $10.00 |
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#159 C.S. .58 caliber bullet, pulled. Excavated .58 caliber bullet of Southern manufacture. So-called "Georgia teat" bullet, although this one does not have the teat in the cavity. Loaded and then pulled. Three grooves, pulled with screw hole in nose, ramrod ring around nose, essentric cavity, small plug cavity, rusty scrapes on sides from bore. Gray-brown patina. Nice condition. .579 x 1.092 $10.00 |
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#158 .69 caliber for Rifled Musket. Excavated bullet for rifled muskets. Three grooves, deep plug cavity. White patina with some brown crusty dirt remaining. Deep plug cavity (.425"). Ref: TT185 $12.00 |
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#157 .58 caliber Gardiner explosive, exploded piece. Excavated nose portion of a fired and exploded Gardiner bullet. Gray pewter. Small piece, but it is what it is. A little over 0.6" tall x 0.5" wide. Pieces of exploded Gardiner bullets are hard to come by. Ref: TT154a On Hold |
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#156 Two .54 caliber Burnsides. Two different bullets for the Burnside carbine. First is the two groove bullet with a solid base. The second is the "modified ball of 1864" with one wide groove, also with solid base. Both in nice condition with a light patina. Ref: TT89 & TT90a. $22.00/pair |
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#150 Williams Type II, Stretchie. "Stretchies" are over sized bullets fired out of breechloading carbines. The larger diameter bullets, used in a pinch, stretch out as they are squeezed through the smaller carbine barrel. Here a .58 caliber Williams type II bullet was used. Obvious rifling marks. Zinc washer remains. .525 x 1.173 $21.00 |
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#149 .54 caliber for Rifles. Tall Confederate bullet for .54 & .55 caliber rifles. M&M's so-called sharp shooter's bullet. Nose cast with spruenipped shorter than others listed here that were all recovered together. Cone cavity with air bubble. Three grooves tight together down near the base. .532 x .992 Reference: TT138g; MM453 $30.00 |
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#148 .54 caliber for Rifles. Very tall Confederate bullet for .54 & .55 caliber rifles. M&M's so-called sharp shooter's bullet. Nose cast with obvious sprue. Cone cavity with air bubble. Three grooves tight together down near the base. .536 x 1.088 Reference: TT138g; MM453 $30.00 |
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#146 Maryland Cuff Button. Non-dug cuff button. Three-piece button with Maryland seal on front. Perfect stand up shank. Backmark reads, "Scovill Mfg. Co. Waterbury". $115.00 |
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#145 Shenkl shell sabot base. Dug half of the zinc base plate for a Shenkl artillery shell sabot. $10.00 |
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#144 .58 caliber "Georgia Teat". Bullet with three grooves, cavity with pin hole and no teat. Nice example. .586 x 1.101 Reference: TT171c $16.00 |
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#143 Three Pieces / Blow-throughs. Three pieces of failed bullets. One is the usual "blow-through" with a hole through the nose. The other pieces are parts off of bullets that were weak castings. The pieces on the left are the very base of a bullet spearated from the bullet body and the other piece bears rifling marks and is apparently the nose and side of a bullet blown out and shaped to the musket barrel. Longer piece is approximately 2" long. $25.00/set |
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#142 .54 caliber for Rifles. Very tall Confederate bullet for .54 & .55 caliber rifles. M&M's so-called sharp shooter's bullet. Nose cast with obvious sprue. Cone cavity with air bubble. Three grooves tight together down near the base. .531 x 1.076 Reference: TT138g; MM453 $30.00 |
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#141 .577 caliber Enfield "L2". English Enfield bullet made by E & A Ludlow in Birmingham, England, and imported thru the blockade. "L2" stamping in the cavity is perfect. Wood plug remains. .563 x 1.108 Reference: TT145v $28.00 |
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#140 .577 caliber C.S. Enfield Southern cast Enfield bullet. Shallow cone cavity. Very obvious nose sprue. Mould seams visible. .576 x 1.019 $12.00 |
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#139 Two CS .54 caliber Bullets from Gettysburg. These two bullets were recovered from Heth's reserve area of July 1 at Gettysburg. Recovered by long-time Gettysburg resident Ed Miller and sold at Redding's Auction. One .54 caliber Gardner and one .54 caliber minie with the uncommon plug cavity. Both have perfect white patina. Gardner: .545 x 1.104 Minie: .534 x .991 $40.00 |
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#135 Snap Cap made from Bullet. Musket "snap cap" or nipple protector handmade out of a minie. Slick dark brown patina. $12.00 |
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#134 .52 caliber Spencer. Non-dug Spencer cartridge. Two groove bullet, copper rimfire case, no head stamp. Reference: TT87 $25.00 |
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#133 .36 caliber revolver cartridge by Robert Chadwick. Scarce cartridge for .36 caliber, "Navy" revolvers. Made by Robert Chadwick's Hartford Cartridge Works. Simple Colt-style bullet with rebated base, and an untreated paper powder case glued to the bullet. Cartridge was broken and repaired. .380 x 1.260 Reference: TT7c; MM--; RB3-779 $50.00 |
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#131 .54 caliber for Rifle. Southern made bullet with three grooves, pointy nose, cone cavity, essentric rim. Nice mould seam on sides. White and tan patina. .517 x 1.006 Reference: TT138v; MM459; RB4-240 $12.00 |
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#130 .577 caliber Enfield. Southern made Enfield bullet with no grooves, cone cavity, nice even skirt. Nice mould seam on sides and cold casting rings visible. White/gray patina. .567 x 1.120 Reference: TT146c; MM227; RB4-529 $12.00 |
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#129 .58 caliber New Austrian. This is a fired example of a Confederate New Austrian bullet. Made in Raleigh, NC, and issued to North Carolina troops. Bullet with two deep grooves, solid base. Flattened edges from being fired. White patina with a few small dings on bottom edge. .566 x .863 Reference: TT177; MM109; RB4-328 $41.00 |
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| #128 .54 caliber "Georgia Teat". Bullet with three grooves, cavity with large teat, thick skirt. Nice mould seam on sides. White patina. .528 x 1.032 Reference: TT133b; MM413; RB4-263 $14.00 |
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| #125 .54 caliber Confederate Rifle. This is a bullet for a rifle. This has three grooves, good mould seams down the sides, thick skirt, and a cone cavity. Nice slick patina. .516 x 1.019 Reference: TT129b; MM?; RB4-? $12.00 |
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| #124 .58 caliber Confederate "No-Ring" Gardner. This is a variant of the typical Confederate Gardner bullet. This type has two faint grooves, good mould seams down the sides, and was nose cast. Nice slick, tan and white patina. .592 x 1.095 Reference: TT162b; MM --; RB4-394 $30.00 |
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| #123 .44 caliber Colt with Serrations. Colt pattern bullet with rebated base for Army revolvers. Solid base, serrations running around bullet. .452 x .789 Reference: TT10b; MM490;RB3-733 $9.00 |
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#121 Three Pulled Bullets. A selection of pulled bullets. Left to right these are an Enfield with cone cavity, Enfield with teat in cavity, and a Minie with star in cavity. $20.00 for all three |
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| #119 .44 caliber Picket. Picket bullet for Kentucky and Pennsylvania type country rifles. Solid base and flat nose. .436 x .762 Reference: TT212v; MM20v; RB3-1147v $15.00 |
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| #118 .36 caliber Colt with Serrations. Colt pattern bullet with rebated base for Navy revolvers. Solid base, serrations running around bullet. Brown patina. .375 x .601 Reference: TT7v; MM499v $19.00 |
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| #117 .44 caliber Wesson Cartridge. Non-excavated, .44 caliber Wesson cartridge from Crittenden & Tibballs. Very nice and clean Wesson rimfire cartridges. Pointy nose, one groove, copper case. No head stamp, but "line" on head from cartridge case "drawing" process. Examples of these cartridges are uncommon in either dug or non-dug condition. Several specimens available. .440 x 1.502 Reference: TT62; MM162; RB2-708 $40.00 |
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#116 .577 caliber Enfield "L2". English Enfield bullet made by E & A Ludlow in Birmingham, England, and imported thru the blockade. Two small chips in base as shown in pic. Opposite side is in perfect condition. "L2" stamping in the cavity is perfect, sorry for blurry pic of cavity...hard to photograph. Nice white patina. .553 x 1.120 Reference: TT145v; MM--; RB4-420 $24.00 |
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#112 90-bore, .36 caliber, Sharps, Gomez & Mills Patent. For Sharps sporting rifle, Gomez & Mills patent "multi-groove" bullet. White patina overall. Recovered near Rolla, Missouri. .397 x .694 Reference: TT103; MM--; RB2-550 $43.00 |
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| #109 .58 caliber Williams, type III. Non-dug Williams, type III, patented bullet. Nick-named the "cleaner" bullet because the zinc washers scraped the burnt gun powder out of the musket barrel. This is an interesting specimen; because it is a non-dug bullet out of a broken cartridge, the zinc disk is present as is the lubricant. .582 x .849 Reference: TT159; MM540; RB1-284 $10.00 |
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| #106 .58 caliber Minie. This is a broken cartridge; the bullet portion of the cartridge with paper tied over the bullet. This bullet is an elongated ball with a pointy nose, three grooves, and a cove cavity. $15.00 |
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| #103 .58 caliber French Minie. This "Minie" is of French design and was imported into the South. This bullet is elongated ball with a pointy nose, three grooves, and a triangular cavity. Light white patina with dirt remaining in the grooves. .572 x .925 Reference: TT176; MM349; RB1-329 $20.00 |
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| #102 .40 caliber Derringer. This bullet was for the Derringer single-shot rimfire pistol. This is a solid bullet with pointy nose, two grooves, and a third groove where it was crimped into a copper cartridge case. Nice white patina with old catalog number "252". .401 x .548 Reference: TT14; MM --; RB3-987 $35.00 |
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