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The Civil War Relicman,
Harry Ridgeway
Winchester, Virginia
USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!)
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The Civil War Relicman,
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Winchester, Virginia
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Bullets of the Civil War
Three Ring .58 caliber
M&M 341 through M&M 409
Most bullets listed have been excavated from Civil War sites. Illustrations are representative of the bullets offered, multiple quantities are offered for most patterns. Bullets are very old and have generally been excavated, there may be minor dings and scratches. I will attempt to describe major flaws.
Please order by "M&M" number, McKee & Mason, "Civil War Projectiles II, Small Arms & Field Artillery with supplement". I have also cross reference "T&T" numbers, which is Thomas & Thomas, "Handbook of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges".
All items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described.
Washington Arsenal, .58 cal
Left:
Washington Arsenal, .58 cal "star"
Cone cavity with "star", 3 grooves.
M&M 341 T&T 151 $2.50
Middle:
Washington Arsenal,
.58 cal unmarked
Truncated cone cavity, 3 grooves. From grooves this would appear to match the Washington
arsenal star base bullets. It appears this may have been sent to the field before swag
process. (This is my theory, I do not have this scenario confirmed.
M&M 341 variant T&T 151, variant $8.00
Right:
Washington Arsenal, .58
cal "US"
Cone cavity with "US", 3 grooves.
M&M 342 T&T 152 $65.00
Sorry, temporarily not available
Washington Arsenal, .58 cal "star"
Cone cavity with "star", 3 grooves.
M&M 341 T&T 151 $2.50
Bulk purchase: Washington
Arsenal, .58 cal "star" minimum quantity 25, @ $2.00
Bag of 25 for $50.00 (shipping
$9.00, US Postal fixed rate box, total $59.00)
Rifled musket, .58 cal "swag" bullet
Left:
Rifled musket, .58 cal "6 point" swag
Cone cavity with 6 point swag design, 3 grooves.
M&M 344, T&T 153 $6.00
Middle: Rifled musket, .58 cal
"6 point" swag "rose"
Cone cavity with 6 point swag design, 3 grooves. This is sometimes
referred to as the rose design. My opinion is that it is simply sloppy
production of the standard 6 point design. There are many variations due
mostly to how much pressure was applied in the swaging process and stability and
slippage of the alignment of the press.
M&M 345, T&T 153 variant $6.00
Right:
Rifled musket, .58 cal
"5 point" swag
Cone cavity with 5 point swag design, 3 grooves.
M&M 347, T&T 153 variant $6.00
French minie .58 cal
French minie .58 cal
Triangle cavity, 3 grooves.
M&M 349, T&T 176
$30.00 Sorry, temporarily not available)
Selma Arsenal, "Lube Grooved"
Left:
Selma .58 cal "Lube Grooved"
Plug cavity, three machined grooves, rounded nose
M&M 350, T&T 175B
$20.00 Sorry, temporarily not available
Right: Selma .54 cal
"Lube Grooved"
Plug cavity, three machined grooves, rounded nose
M&M 350 variant, T&T 132C
Sorry, temporarily not available
Williams .58 cal "Harpers Ferry"
Left:
Williams .58 cal "Harpers Ferry pistol carbine"
Cone cavity with pin, three grooves distinctive rounded nose, sometimes called
"Harpers Ferry pistol carbine". However there is no real connection to the
famed pistol carbine, this is an early production of 58 caliber Minie Balls.
M&M 352, T&T 156 $2.50
Right:
Rifled Musket .58 cal
CSA
Cone cavity, three grooves distinctive rounded nose. Possibly is a crude copy of the
Williams style. This is probably misclassified but I listed here because of
similarity with the Williams / Harpers Ferry
M&M 352 variant, T&T 165D
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled Musket .58 cal, "High Base"
Minie
Left:
Rifled Musket .58 cal
"Charleston" arsenal
Cone cavity with pin, 3 grooves, distinctive high base
M&M 367, T&T 169
Sorry, temporarily not available
Middle:
Rifled Musket .58 cal
"Charleston" arsenal
Cone cavity with pin, 3 grooves, base is shorter
M&M 367 variant, T&T 169 variant
Sorry, temporarily not available
Right:
Rifled Musket .58 cal
Hi base minie
Cone cavity , 3 deep grooves, nose cast
M&M 368 variant, T&T not listed
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled Musket .58 cal, more variants
Left:
Rifled Musket .58 cal
Parabolic cone cavity, 3 grooves
M&M 369, variant, T&T 149B, approx
Sorry, temporarily not available
Right:
Rifled Musket .58 cal
Cone cavity, 3 grooves
M&M 370 variant, T&T 149B, approx Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled Musket .58 cal crude CSA castings
Left:
Rifled Musket .58 cal
"double nose cast"
Cone cavity, 3 grooves, double ring around the nose probably is flaw in the mold.
M&M 365, T&T not listed
Sorry, temporarily not available
Right:
Rifled Musket .58 cal,
CSA wooden mold
Plug cavity, 3 grooves, rough surface shows crude casting from wooden mold, and possibly
use of crude grade or recycled lead.
M&M 371 variant T&T 173B
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled musket, .58 cal, more CSA variants
Left:
Rifled musket, .58 cal unknown
Cone cavity, 3 grooves, very short pattern
M&M 374 variant, T&T not listed
Sorry, temporarily not available
Middle:
Rifled musket, .58 cal
"Macon Arsenal"
Cone cavity, 3 grooves, nose casting
M&M 375, T&T 170
Sorry, temporarily not available
Right:
Rifled musket, .58 cal
Rounded cone cavity, 3 grooves.
M&M 376, T&T not listed
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled musket, .58 cal more crude CSA castings
Left:
Rifled Musket .58 cal side
cast
Cone cavity, 3 grooves, side cast. This is hard to see in the digital picture.
It is a flat area right along the mold seam on the side.
M&M 379, T&T 168
Sorry, temporarily not available
Right:
Rifled musket .58 cal
"short, nose cast"
Cone cavity, 3 grooves, nose cast
M&M 387 or 396, T&T 170
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled musket .58 cal
Rifled Musket .58 cal, long nose
Cone cavity, 3 grooves, extended nose
M&M 380, T&T not listed $10.00
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled musket "Georgia teat"
Left:
Rifled musket .58 cal
"Georgia teat"
Cone cavity with teat, 3 ring , associated with Georgia troops
M&M 390, T&T 171C $12.00
Middle:
Rifled musket, .58 cal
"Georgia" teat
Cone cavity intentionally off center , 3 grooves.
M&M 392, T&T 171 variant Sorry, temporarily not available
Right:
Rifled musket, .58 cal
"Georgia" teat
Elliptical cone cavity off center, no teat , 3 grooves.
M&M 392 variant, T&T 171 variant Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled musket .58 cal "foreign mold"
Left:
Rifled musket .58 cal
"foreign mold"
Cone cavity, 3 grooves, nose cast
M&M 398, T&T 168 variant
Sorry, temporarily not available
Right:
Rifled musket .58 cal
Foreign mold
Cone cavity, 3 deep grooves
M&M 399, T&T not listed
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled musket .58 cal,
Rifled musket .58 cal "nose cast, plug cavity"
Plug cavity, 3 grooves, nose cast, casting sprue.
M&M 409, T&T 173A $18.00
Sorry, temporarily not available
Rifled "3 ringers", the
workhorse of the Civil War
These bullets were used extensively during the Civil War and represented the
introduction of rifled musketry. Previous wars had been fought with
smoothebores. Cone cavity, 3 grooves
Bulk purchase:
Three ringer mixture .54 & .58
cal, minimum quantity 40, @ $1.25
Bag of 40 for $50.00 (shipping
$9.00, US Postal fixed rate box, total $59.00)
Sorry, temporarily not available
Individually priced three ringers,
general varieties:
Left:
69 caliber , clean drop
each $5.00
Middle:
58 caliber, clean drop,
each $1.50
Right:
54 caliber, clean drop
each $2.00
"Pull Bullets", .58 cal "3
ringers"
Cone cavity, 3 grooves
"Pull bullets" shows worm hole $2.00
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