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N.C. Nessler ball testing

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Here’s a Nessler round I found Civil War hunting in a camp

Yes, that is the so-called "Type I." Could be intended for 12-ga. shotguns brought to war, and .69 caliber smooth-bore muskets? Too bad there is no extant paper cartridge loaded with one of these. The so-called "Type II" is a bit more ogival or conical shaped, which is the type from the small batch of moulds made up by Mr. Hubbs at Eras Gone in Alabama.
 
To be fair to Eras Gone the claim is not that the bullet is good but that it is an accurate reproduction of the one as used by North Carolina and it has every appearance being a close reproduction of that. If the actual period bullet was inaccurate then a good reproduction will be equally inaccurate. History and time does not change Newtonian physics.
 

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