✅ SOLVED Bullet 13

[fyrffytr1]

I'm Baaaaaack! I only have four bullets for Y'all to ID today. Here's the first one. Again, all my bullets were found around Hagerstown, Md. in the 1970s.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It is one of several slight variations of civil war era US .52 Sharps "New-Model" bullets. The variations are distinguished by differences in the depth of the flat-bottomed grooves between the raised rings, and the version of base (flat solid, flat with nipped-off casting sprue, small cone, medium cone, large cone, small "plug," small teat, and large teat). Looks like this one is the "plug" cavity version. See the Thomas-&-Thomas "Handbook Of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges" bullet #114.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I just realized that the first picture is wrong. The correct diameter is .5315 inches. The bullet in the second picture is correct.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Thank You.