✅ SOLVED Bullet #15

[fyrffytr1]

Here's #15. I have two of these but there is a very slight difference in their bases.One has a slight recession at the bottom edge and the other one doesn't. It may be that the one without is just deformed enough to hide it, I don't know.

 

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[mirage83]

Looking like Sharps Carbine round. There's all sorts of minor variants out there on these.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The very slight difference between your two bullets is just a casting-mold variation. They are another variety of civil war era US .52 Sharps bullets. The McKee-&-Mason book called this variety a "Commercial" Sharps, meaning it was made for sale to the public, not just for military use. See the Thomas-&-Thomas "Handbook Of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges" bullet #110 (has small cone cavity in the base).

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

G'd afternoon FYR You were correct, the slight deformation does tend to hide the similarity. They are the same type. Congrats

Don Jose d eLa Mancha

 

[fyrffytr1]

Once more, thanks for the help.