✅ SOLVED 2 ringer Minie ball

[cmthunder]

Does anyone know if this is a confederate Gardner
2 ringer with dimple on top and groove around top
Thanks for any info

 

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[relic nut]

Let's see the bottom.

 

[Joe G from Md]

Looks like a Gardner.

 

[Yak1366]

The nose doesn't look right for a Gardner, and pretty narrow @~0.5". Was there a Gardner below 54 Cal? The base pic will tell.

 

[Dharmacy]

Fired Gardner

 

[cmthunder]

 

[relic nut]

I vote Gardner
The ring around the bottom is why.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Definitely a Confederate Gardner Minie-bullet, which has been fired and thus is a bit deformed. What you are describing as a "groove around the top" is the imprint of the rifle's ramrod, caused by having to use a lot of force to ram the bullet down a gunbarrel heavily "fouled" with gunpowder-ash.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Definitely a Confederate Gardner Minie-bullet, which has been fired and thus is a bit deformed. What you are describing as a "groove around the top" is the imprint of the rifle's ramrod, caused by having to use a lot of force to ram the bullet down a gunbarrel heavily "fouled" with gunpowder-ash.

Knowing from experience, it can take a lot of work to get a bullet down a foweled musket barrel especially with just the ram rod, I’m surprized you don’t see more muzzle loader projectiles with heavy nose damage.

 

[cmthunder]

Thanks CannonballGuy for the detailed description