Possum
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- Nov 22, 2017
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.56 base .98 length 30.3 grains
.56 base .98 length 30.3 grains
The closest match I can find in my 'A Handbook Of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges' by James & Dean Thomas is # 149 '2013 edition' .
# 149 a, b, c, or d, 58 cal Rifle Musket " this is the regulation 3-grove" Minnie" with a cone cavity that was developed in the mid-1850's .
This batch of 4 Minnie's have diameters of .565, L 1.05 , W, 492 for (d) & for (c) = D .576 , L 1.05 , W=500 . & Example (b) D= .570 , L=.98 , W=438. Example (a) D=.568, L= .95 , W= 466 gr..
IMO Your bullet looks like example 'D' + all the years it was buried likely changed it's spec's .
Also as for 58 cal 'Minnie's' it notes that 'Variations found in the grooves and profiles on these bullets is nearly infinite'.
This is no-way a positive ID but "Close' .
It's still a nice find & most important you know where it came from.
Davers
P.S. I see it's Possum now , Ill have to remember that.
HH there in LA.