Civil War Forum

I rescued this Hanovarian (Rifled Musket Ball) but have only seen larger cal of this example found with two rings. This is a 50cal, one ring and a 1/2 ounce weight. Is this a pre-war bullet from the 1730's from (Saxony, pre Germany) and used only for hunting deer because of ti's accuracy? I found it up the creek from military camp with a Eagle I button and clay Pipe near, you can see it's maybe 8 groupings of 6 rifles around the bullet and it's ram rod mark. It seems to be a rare bullet so I would like more info before I donated it to a local military war museum. Thanks fellow Civil War Enthusiast.

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Richard
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Spinning the bullet in the micrometer to get a reading around the rifling marks which probably squeezed it a little and the white patina due to age in the ground I get a reading of 0.4890 making this one the .46 version. Was there any info with this listing in your book? Thanks.

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White's V3i w/12x10 SEF coil & Sun Ray Invader DX-1 Probe, White's Prizm 6T w/Sun Ray Invader PZ-1 Probe, Garrett Ace 250 w/Sun Ray Invader YF-1 Probe, Fisher 1280X for in the water, Fisher 1225X as my seeded hunt machine.

Vice-President for PATH, Peoria Area Treasure Hunters Club in Illinois.

Purchased my first detector in the spring of 1972 and still going strong.

Neat bullet and awesome rescue. A couple ( one groove) of them are listed in the Mckee & Mason book (#63 -- .65 cal) & (#102 -- .40 cal) ... Great post. cch.

at .469 dia, .62 L and 183 weight

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Richard

Explorer II