✅ SOLVED Civil War Bullets that need Id-ing

[Breezie]

Hey Y'all,
As most of you know, I am not the 'Civil War Bullet Queen' so I need some help on a few bullets. If you need any more measurements, let me know. Thanks in advance for the help.

Breezie

 

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[SkaBa]

Neat finds. The experts will need the diameter of each bullet.

 

[smokeythecat]

I think the first one is a colt, second one a St. Louis aresenal, but memory stinks these days. Three and four are fired.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Smokeythecat gave the correct ID for the two he named. I'll expand on what he said, and cover bullets 3 and 4.
Bullet #1: Colt .44 Revolver bullet, Confederate version, made at the Richmond Lab.
Bullet #2: US St. Louis Arsenal .36-caliber, identified in some old bullet-books as a Remington but it has been proven by civil war era US Small Arms Ordnance records to be a design made only at the US St. Louis MO Arsenal. See "A Handbook Of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges."
Bullet #3: Kinda mangled so this is my best guess. Appears to be a US .36-caliber Colt. Additional photos taken from different angles could change that guess.
Bullet #4: An excellent example of the effects of being hard-rammed into a revolver's dirty cylinder and then fired out of its rifled barrel... without hitting anything but air until the bullet ran out of energy and plopped gently to earth. If there are 6 rifling-grooves, it was most probably fired out of a US Starr .36 Revolver or CS Griswold & Grier .36 Revolver. If that bullet has 7 rifling-grooves, it was most likely fired out of a US Colt .36 Revolver. Because the riflling-grooves show a "left-hand twist" I suspect there are 7 grooves, because (if I recall correctly) Colt used "left-hand twist" rifling in his revolvers.

 

[Breezie]

Smokey & CannonBallGuy THANK YOU!!! Pete, you are truly a walking encyclopedia! I appreciate all of the information, and will mark this one SOLVED.
Southern Smiles
Breezie

 

[Davers]

Smokeythecat gave the correct ID for the two he named. I'll expand on what he said, and cover bullets 3 and 4.
Bullet #1: Colt .44 Revolver bullet, Confederate version, made at the Richmond Lab.
Bullet #2: US St. Louis Arsenal .36-caliber, identified in some old bullet-books as a Remington but it has been proven by civil war era US Small Arms Ordnance records to be a design made only at the US St. Louis MO Arsenal. See "A Handbook Of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges."
Bullet #3: Kinda mangled so this is my best guess. Appears to be a US .36-caliber Colt. Additional photos taken from different angles could change that guess.
Bullet #4: An excellent example of the effects of being hard-rammed into a revolver's dirty cylinder and then fired out of its rifled barrel... without hitting anything but air until the bullet ran out of energy and plopped gently to earth. If there are 6 rifling-grooves, it was most probably fired out of a US Starr .36 Revolver or CS Griswold & Grier .36 Revolver. If that bullet has 7 rifling-grooves, it was most likely fired out of a US Colt .36 Revolver. Because the riflling-grooves show a "left-hand twist" I suspect there are 7 grooves, because (if I recall correctly) Colt used "left-hand twist" rifling in his revolvers.

Great ID on those Fired bullets , & good eye on the 'ram job'.
Ill bet I have some fired Pistol bullets that are not with my other Civil War Bullets.