Carved pointy three ringers

[zbrown210]

Recently I dug these two three ringers at the site of a civil war skirmish. I noticed when I got home that the tips on both had been sharpened. The weird thing though is I found them within the confederate position, suggesting that they had been carved before they were fired. Have any of y'all ever seen this or know why they would have done it. Thanks

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[sawmill man]

I figure it was something to do while setting around waiting, maby something to do to calm the nerves.

 

[68kaiser]

Early A.P. rounds

 

[zbrown210]

@sawmill man, I understand soldiers carving bullets into shapes ect to pass the time, I've just never seen one carved that had then been fired.

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[sawmill man]

He very well could have been the inventor of the modern day bullet designers ,you never know.

 

[james-florida]

Hopefully better accuracy wasn't the goal.....maybe he was trying to shoot around corners.

 

[sawmill man]

Just wondering how these were rammed down the barrel without disfiguring the point.if they have been fired. just wondering.

 

[Evolution]

Chewed, fired, dropped or carved, they always make for a great find. Found a few dropped before but never a carved one or a chewed one. Would love to find one someday. Congrats.

 

[relic nut]

They don't look fired to me. Carved lead is very cool and Confederats also used that ammo so they could be from either side. Very nice find

There are so many possibilities it can fry your brain. Soilders also wrote with lead. Maybe he sharpened it to write a letter. Wouldn't that be cool? Try it on a piece of paper. The patina has to be off the tip but It works great.
HH RN

 

[gunsil]

Those are just chewed by squirrels.

 

[trapperart]

Nice finds congrats

 

[Trezurehunter]

Whatever their story is, they are nice finds.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Relic Nut's pencil idea sounds good to me. A soldier was passing the time, and decided to write perhaps a last letter home.

If they were fired, they would be deformed at least a little bit, and would have ramrod or rifling marks on them.

Very nice finds, congrats!

 

[Captain Caveman]

They don't look fired to me. ...

I agree.

 

[deershed]

Look like drops to me but, does it matter. Awesome finds!!