N.C. Nessler ball testing

[Stantheman86]

Wow , that's neat.....looks like a hybrid of the round nose, hollow base Nessler and a bullet with a crush ring .

Maybe a shotgun slug?

 

[DaveC]

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.

 

[Stantheman86]

The Type I was probably as mediocre as the Type II, I wonder why they bothered changing the shape.

 

[DaveC]

Somebody sold the State of North Carolina something?

 

[Stantheman86]

A bullet so mediocre I sent Mr Hubbs a video of me shooting them and he didn't even respond even he gave up on them

 

[RAEDWALD]

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.

 

[Stantheman86]

I'm trying to get him to make an actual Belgian Nessler Balle mold.

 

[DaveC]

While those were used in Crimea, I don't think they were used in the War of the Rebellion/ Civil War...?

 

[Stantheman86]

No but they're still neat.

We'll also never know what a Chace ball looked like.