Bullets
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The distinctive "double firing-pin" marks on the cartridge casing's flat bottom prove it is a Henry .44 Repeating Rifle casing ...because the Henry was the only firearm used in the civil war which had a double firing-pin.
As you may already know, your cartridge-casing is what is called a "rimfire" primer. That is because the primer chemical (mercury Fulminate) was located in the casing's rim, not in the center of its base. Cartridge manufacturers often had trouble getting the primer chemical to spread evenly around the inside of the casing's rim. Your Henry casing's 5 sets of double firing-pin marks show that it was a dud the first four times the soldier tried to fire it. He had to remove the cartridge and re-orient it in the rifle's breech chamber each time. Apparently, the casing's primer finally worked on the fifth try.
As you probably also already know, your lead bullet is a "generic" yankee-made 3-groove Minie ball. I can't be sure of its size in your photos, but it looks like a .58-caliber one, although it may be a .69-caliber.
As you may already know, your cartridge-casing is what is called a "rimfire" primer. That is because the primer chemical (mercury Fulminate) was located in the casing's rim, not in the center of its base. Cartridge manufacturers often had trouble getting the primer chemical to spread evenly around the inside of the casing's rim. Your Henry casing's 5 sets of double firing-pin marks show that it was a dud the first four times the soldier tried to fire it. He had to remove the cartridge and re-orient it in the rifle's breech chamber each time. Apparently, the casing's primer finally worked on the fifth try.
As you probably also already know, your lead bullet is a "generic" yankee-made 3-groove Minie ball. I can't be sure of its size in your photos, but it looks like a .58-caliber one, although it may be a .69-caliber.
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