Is this a Selma Arsenal?

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Nice lead, congrats!!!

Can you provide proper dimensions & weight?
 

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ColtsPop wrote:
> Is this a Selma Arsenal?

Sorry to have to say, the answer to your question is No. The CS Selma Arsenal .58 (and .54) "Lube-Grooved Enfield" minie had a very-long and very-rounded nose like an Enfield minie (hence its name), and its body-grooves were distinctly more rounded-out looking than the angular-shaped ones seen on typical yankee 3-groove minies. Also, the Selma Arsenal minie has a "plug" (wide flat-topped cone) cavity. Please examine the photos below... a sideview and baseview of a .58 Selma 3-groove minie. Compare your minie's body-grooves, and the length of its nose, with those of the Selma Arsenal minie.
 

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Thank you Cannonballguy. Can you please type it?

490 grains, 31.7 grams

Length approx .88in, base almost exactly .57in, neck .60in
 

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Can you measure it in .001's of an inch? 88mm is about 3-1/2" long, I don't think thats right.
 

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Great job CannonBallGuy
 

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