And now...Bullets!

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Hi, I was just going through my bullet collection.... No, not the piles of ammo in my back room. that's fur shootin!

This is the collection of bullets left to me by my grandfather. He passed away in 1972 and I got this pile-o-bullets. Every bullet in these photos is at least 35+ yrs old.

The two .50 cal cartridges are from 1943 and 1944 for example. There are very some duplicates, in .30-06, .270 etc, but for the most part, a very random assortment of cartridges.

Now for the fun.... If there is interest, I will post a close up photo with a ruler of a few cartridges at a time and you guys get to guess what they are...

And now, let the fun begin.
 

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a bullet?

:neener:

Hmmmm, depends on which one you are looking at......

If it is the Ice cream cone shaped bullet, that is a Burnside Cartridge, from the Civil War.
 
Cool! Here's one my grandad made:

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First pic again, just to the right top of the ice cream bullet, what are those tiny necked-down looking ones? I think I've ready about them before but forget what they are.
 
There are some really interesting rounds in those pix. Amazing how much the "ammo design thought processes" changed over the years....

Flint lock, Cap Lock, Paper cartridges, pin fire, rim fire, center fire, caseless ammo like the '60s Daisy V/L system . . . . .

Owwww! My head hurts now.

Thanks for the pix, though guys.
 
those are some really awsome pics. i would love it if you lined em up and wrote a discription, well a name/caliber anyways. atleast of the ones you know. very cool pics.
 
never seen the "ice cream" bullet, thats cool looking. What chamber is it and what fires it?
 
The Burnside Cartridge

was literally dropped into a matching hole in the breech of the rifle, and rotated into the barrel. A percussion cap was place on a nipple behind the breech. In the base of the ice cream cone, there is a hole directly into the cartridge. the cap was snapped, and the flame came through the hole and ignited the charge.

Strange.....

Also, the dark colored cartridge with the round bottom is a volley gun cartridge. Alot of them were placed in barrels and a trough of black powder poured in a trough behind them. The trough of powder was ignited and the hole in the base allowed the round to be fired.

Also, look at the two tiny cartridges next to the Burnside...... Smallest cartridge I have ever seen.

In the first pic, in the upper center, you will see a lot of copper colored bullets. All of those are rim-fire bullets. Rim-fire, it's not just for mouseguns... hehe.

And there are 5-6 pin fires in the bottom of the first photo.
 
sweet!

Lets get together and get all these identified.

Im also looking for a way to mount these for display. Anyone have an idea? Id like to do a set of shadow boxes with different themes.. Not sure how to mount them to a backing board
 
WOW! I didn't know you had so many but I do remember you bringing by the "ice cream cone".

You could place them on a felt covered piece of veneer then lay an old picture frame with the glass in it over the top. To hold them in place I would try brass wire, I think if you used metal wire you would see issues with electrolysis.
 
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