🔎 UNIDENTIFIED A 2 Ring Minie Ball

Oct 1, 2018
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Western PA, Northern NJ
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So I came across this minie ball down if far south PA. It might be a 2 ring confederate minie ball, and my caliper says it’s a .54" diameter. Anybody able to confirm?
agree with previous post…..not a Minnie ball, but a sharps carbine bullet. This bullet should have a flat base, Minnie ball would have hollow base.

There are multiple types of carbine bullets, and multiple styles of sharps. Someone else may be able to provide finer details.
 

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agree with previous post…..not a Minnie ball, but a sharps carbine bullet. This bullet should have a flat base, Minnie ball would have hollow base.

There are multiple types of carbine bullets, and multiple styles of sharps. Someone else may be able to provide finer details.
I forgot to take a pic of the bottom of this bullet, but it does have a hollow base
 

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Thanks for providing a closeup photo of your bullet's base. It confirms the ID proposed by Savinghistoryalway and NCSUwolf...an unfired civil war era yankee .52-caliber Sharps bullet.
Well that's very interesting. This spot used to be located along the National Road. Probably lots of Union soldiers in the area.
 

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