What in the world happened to this CW Bullet????

[VOL1266-X]

A rainy day in Tennessee is a good time to add relics to boxes. If you have read our (Dman's and mine) posts lately, you know we have been hunting a CSA camp since last Friday and finding several bullets that we don't find often here. I was in the process of adding relics to the box I already had started from earlier hunts at that site when I saw a Confederate blow thru bullet that reminded me of a Enfield bullet that Breezie posted on a topic started by Modern Miner a few week ago. The topic was "Carved bullets and other lead oddities" or something like that. "Blow thru" bullets had the pointed end blow out due to bullets molded from inferior quality lead or the bullet wall field cast too thin. I have only dug them in CSA Camps. I'm hoping Breezie will post her bullet here too.
It looks like a soldier loaded an Enfield on top of a musketball and fired it but I want to hear other theories if you have any (so does Breezie).
I appreciate your help and Happy Hunting.

YTD CW Relic Count=63
YTD Colonial Count=11

 

[Deepdiger60]

Looks like it actually ricocheted off of the waters surface at a couple hundred mph its almost like bouncing off a rock . Nice find

 

[Breezie]

Here are my strange Enfields: 'ball 'n bullet, blown-out, and double loaded. I hope this helps. Breezie

 

[{Sentinel}]

Hey Breezie, those are some fine photos and indeed that's a double load and a blow thru on the first two photos....but I think I can help you as to the last photo. This round distorted shape on the cone nose of the bullet was formed when a soldier would "ram it home" too hard....that is.......ramrod the bullet so hard that the shape of the round ramrod head would be stamped into the bullet. That's what has happened in the photo of the last Minie ball. Great photos!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice one buddy

 

[Shortstack]

Hey Breezie, those are some fine photos and indeed that's a double load and a blow thru on the first two photos....but I think I can help you as to the last photo. This round distorted shape on the cone nose of the bullet was formed when a soldier would "ram it home" too hard....that is.......ramrod the bullet so hard that the shape of the round ramrod head would be stamped into the bullet. That's what has happened in the photo of the last Minie ball. Great photos!

Yep, Poche and Rex show examples in their book.

 

[civilman1]

I think it was circumcised ........Nice one Vol!!!!

 

[Shortstack]

I think it was circumcised ........Nice one Vol!!!!

Actually, that looks PRE-circ................................never mind.

 

[Dixiedigger]

Great finds, hope you find many more.

 

[VOL1266-X]

I think it was circumcised ........Nice one Vol!!!!

Actually, that looks PRE-circ................................never mind.

That's the best explanation yet Joe and Shortstack!!!

 

[HCW]

Here's my two cents. I think the rifleman tried to ram it once and it didn't seat proerly the first time. Then he pulled it and reseated it and when it was fired it shows signs of both.

 

[Breezie]

Thanks for the kudos gang! . . . .and yes, it does look like that! LOL Breezie

 

[pepperj]

I think it was circumcised ........Nice one Vol!!!!

Actually, that looks PRE-circ................................never mind.

I think you got it