✅ SOLVED Bullet ID

[Tencents]

Would like to know what type the bullet on the right of the usual three ringer we find is. Thanks in advance.

 

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[ToddsPoint]

I'm no expert but I'd say the unusual bullet is a fairly rare Confederate ring tail Sharps. Great find! Gary

 

[Tencents]

Thanks Gary, it has me baffled as it looks like a drop and it came from a Union camp where they guarded a bridge across Salt River in Northeast Missouri unless they dropped it when they burned the bridge. They burned it three times during the war. We've found hundreds of three ringers and round balls, coins, plates, one buckle and a bayonet all Union and it's been pounded for years.

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, it is a ring-tailed Sharps. They are hard to get.

 

[Sparlo]

Union cavalry units were often equipped with Sharps carbines so a check of the units stationed at your site may provide an answer as to the bullet's source. Campsites were often visited by traveling units so a passing cavalry unit stopping for a night would not be unheard of, either.

I, too, understood the ring-tailed Sharps was a Confederate-only round but learned differently while researching sites around Fort Bowie where I have found ring-tails. They are definitely not limited to Confederate use.

 

[Tencents]

Ok, thanks Sparlo.

 

[Cannabliss]

Would like to know what type the bullet on the right of the usual three ringer we find is. Thanks in advance.View attachment 1910840are you on the lower salt river I'm guessing? I'm more towards the upper.