✅ SOLVED Odd ball sharps bullet. One of a kind?

[Tigerdude]

The bullet with the nipple is the same dimension as the regular sharps. It also has an odd double ring. One of a kind?

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Tigerdude wrote:
> Odd ball Sharps bullet. One of a kind? The bullet with the nipple is the same dimension as the regular sharps. It also has an odd double ring. One of a kind?

No, not one of a kind... just a scarce version of Sharps, because it was made to fit into a metal cartridge. The "double ring" is where the bullet was seated into the cartridge's mouth. The nipple/stud on the bullet's base held a thick linen washer, to help seal the cartridge. Your find is a Sharps & Hankins Carbine bullet, for the 2nd-Model S&H Carbine. It is shown in the McKee-&-Mason "bullet book"... and also in the "Handbook of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges" by Jim & Dean Thomas (bullet #124).

 

[Tigerdude]

Darn Cannonball, I knew you would figure it out. Thanks!