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[historyrecover]

Is this a double load or wormed bullet. I have seen some wormed with a tip but nothing like this. Bottom of bullet is 5/8

 

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[relic nut]

Possibly done by the ramrod while trying to load in a dirty gun. I've found a few like that

HH, Relic Nut

 

[jewelerguy]

Possibly done by the ramrod while trying to load in a dirty gun. I've found a few like that

HH, Relic Nut

looks like it was deformed by the ramrod to me. maybe loaded fast in the heat of battle

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I got a phonecall which interrupted typing on my reply, so now all I can do is agree with Relic Nut and Jewelerguy -- and add some information.

When a blackpowder gun gets fired all day in battle, a thick coat of powder ash and bullet-lube grease builds up on the inside of the gunbarrel. That is called "blackpowder fouling." A gunbarrel can get so fouled, you've got to use a lot of force to get a bullet to go into it. There are reports of civil war soldiers in all-day battles having to use a rock to pound the ramrod down the barrel. When that happens, the ramrod's mouth, which is shaped similar to a bugle's mouth, can make a deep impression of its lip and hollow "throat" on the soft lead bullet's nose. Relic-diggers call such bullets a "hard-rammed" bullet.

I should mention, it only happens to muzzleloader bullets and blackpowder revolver bullets.