Confederate Bullet For .69 Caliber Rifled Musket, aka. British Sea Service Bullet
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Item: Confederate Bullet For .69 Caliber Rifled Musket, aka. "British Sea Service Bullet"
Condition: Very good, excavated, unfired. Smooth surface with off white patina with brown specks. The skirt is slightly out of round with minor period denting on one side. No repairs.
Recovered: Quantico, VA area along the Potomac River.
Approximate size: .678 inch diameter, 1.04 inch length, 719 grains weight.
Reference: Similar examples can be found in the following Civil War relic reference books:
- "Civil War Projectiles II Small Arms & Field Artillery with Supplement" by W. Reid McKee and M. E. Mason, Jr. on page 44, item 291.
- "Round Ball to Rimfire, Part Four" by Dean S. Thomas, on page 237, item 568.
- "Some Civil War Bullets 2" by Thomas J. Stelma, page 277, item 09-026.
See above pages in the additional images.
Comments: This bullet was acquired directly from the Virginia digger. Included is a scanned image of the digger (on left), with his hunting buddies and their detectors dating to the 1970-80s. These particular bullets are not often recovered, and this example will be an excellent addition to any excavated Civil War bullet or general relic collection.
- Product Code:
- PC8830
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