Mckee and mason civil war bullet book

The small plug cavity is odd, but still a possible civil war period bullet. Bullets listed in this section are dropped unless noted. Civil war bullets for collectors, christmas, birthdays, club hunts, and anniversaries. Civil war projectiles ii with supplement the bullet book. The mckee and mason book claims federal manufacture but i am not so sure. Without a doubt you want the mason mckee book with supplement. A secret history of the civil war freemason information. Nov 27, 2016 a nice display of 18 different dug american civil war 18611865 confederate and union rifle and pistol bullets all in very good condition. One of the first to document the existence and origin of this bullet was w.

The whitworth rifle was an english made singleshot muzzleloader with excellent longrange accuracy for its era, that saw extensive use with the confederate sharpshooters in the american civil war, even claiming the lives of several union generals, including john sedgwick, one of the highestranking union officers killed during the civil war, shot on may. I suspect they got the name arkansas hog due to the fact that they are primarily recovered in arkansas, and a few in missouri. By the way, i think i found one bullet in mckee and mason 4 times, but we havent gotten to it yet so for now the 222332 one sets the standard for redundancy. Thomas show a variety of civil war era bullets, separated by caliber and type of bullet. Its a look at secret societies societies similar to the freemasons that were active in the years leading up to and during the.

This one is 100% complete with the nice dark blue paper intact as well as the original string tying the whole thing together. They have been associated with texas troops, and are usually from early war sites. Louis park rings, civil war musket ball, and indian head duration. This civil war bullet identification chart can help you identify some of those minie and round balls that you find while out metal detecting. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. Found the collection for sale at a civil war relic show. You will be lost without this book if you want to collect bullets. This is a nice and complete civil war paper cartridge. I figure that temporarily, i hope but i did just check again absent the ability to upload pictures we need some extra creativity to stimulate interest. For your consideration one unlisted, very short civil war bullet. Civil war confederate union bullets rifle army revolver. Hardcover in brown cloth with gilt titling to front and spine, has a faint skew to the binding, light bumps with fraying starting to cloth at spine ends and cover covers, very slight sunning to spine, smudges and small stains to edges of some pages, a short closed tear to fore edge of pg.

Jan 17, 2015 this is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to collectors as. Mckee and mason established the taxonomy used to classify and identify bullets. Excellent example of a dropped, excavated, field molded, blob top. This is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to. Federal and confederate revolver and pistol variants. Similar bullet shown on page 17 of tom stelmas bullet reference book. The price found on the actual label may be ignored. Comb bound, 44 singlesided pages with photos and descriptions of bullets and artillery shells. One of the things we had discussed was a commentary on the bullets by mckee and mason number. This is the very bullet photographed on page 185 fig. Some of the projectiles saw service in the american civil war and some did not. Orders shipped usps priority mail day or usps first class mail 25 day and ship the day of or the day after the order was placed. You will find this bullet to be in very good to excellent dug condition. It was done years ago and does have some mistakes but everyone that talks and deals in bullets refer to bullets by the numbers assigned to them in this book.

Civil war bullet id chart metal detecting the ozark. They were dug from a civil war camp in the manassas, va. Here is an excellent dropped example of the rare arkansas hog bullet. This is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to collectors as the. Civil war relics from georgia by david and celeste topper. Small arms and field artillery with supplement by w. A friend has a civil war bullet collection he wanted me to better identify, using that mckee and mason, civil war projectiles ii book. Some of these have been found in the field so they were issued. There are several books on identifying bullets, but this one is easiest to read. The mason bullet book is the best i have come across thus far nt may 05, 2006 01.

I must warn you that the collecting of civil war bullets is highly. Tl622 sold, for your consideration one carved civil war cleaner bullet. Lots of photos of cw bullets, tools, and big projectiles. This bullet is in good shape with two prominent lugs on each side of the bullet. Measuring, identifying and collecting dug civil war bullets. A nice display of 18 different dug american civil war18611865 confederate and union rifle and pistol bullets all in very good condition. This is a dead on match to the bullet listed in deans book. This is number 91 under the cartridge section in the mckee and mason bullet book. Nov 27, 2016 a confederate ringtail sharps bullet listed in at least 2 reference books. Ive only been lucky enough to find one of each near a creek i believe the one that i found is a.

These were the standard bullet used by the confederates. Have any of you all looked at the book and developed a list of bullets that are. Civil war era bullets of all kinds, including cartridges. You dont find these very often that come up for sale. Jan 17, 2015 this is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to collectors as the. It is listed as number 476 in the mckee and mason book and referred to as. They shed new light on the origin of some bullets, e. Here is a minty bullet known to many as a palmetto sharps bullet. See more ideas about war, american civil war and native american artifacts. Have any of you all looked at the book and developed a list of.

Jun 11, 2017 the measurements are in the range for a. Covers are in excellent condition with plastic cover. You will find this bullet to be in excellent dug condition. Hundreds of these were recovered near the columbia arsenal in the congaree river. This book is wellillustrated and gives dimensions on the various items. Five must have books for identifying finds detecting365. University of cincinnati civil war historian, mark lause, has a new book out titled a secret society history of the civil war university of illinois press. This rare bullet is flawless and was dug on the overall gorge va. This rare early war bullet has a very thin skirt and is in excellent condition.

This is the civil war bullet known to collectors as the. I have plenty of inventory so you may not get the 3 shown in the photo but all will be guaranteed to be in excellent condition. This one was not found in the us and is a product of the crimean war. These ten mixed bullets, with grey, white and tan patinas, are in good condition and are from the bullet collection of paul irvin. I have one of those electronic scales, so i used that to weigh em. Hardcover in brown cloth with gilt titling to front and spine, has a faint skew to the binding, light bumps with fraying starting to cloth at spine ends and cover covers, very slight sunning to spine, smudges and small stains to edges of some pages, a short closed tear to. Mason 1980, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Mason s book civil war projectiles ii with supplement.