Wilkinson Bullet

[arquebus]

Have any of you rifle-musket shooters out there had any experience with, I think it's called, a Wilkinson bullet? It is a solid base design that expands to fit the rifling by having its base driven forward upon firing thanks to its skinny 'wasp-waisted' design. I've seen a guy shoot some of these in competition through a Zouave & they did remarkably well. I believe they are used by some NSSA shooters. I'd be interested in getting a mould, if anyone knows a source.

Here's a photo; the Wilkinson is on the right, it weighs in at 433gns. On the left is my .58 Minie it comes in at 613gns.

 

[jdstrang]

The fellow you want is Greg Eddington. He's done a great deal of design work on them, and he hangs out at the N-SSA bb:[url] http://www.n-ssa.net/phpbb/[/url]
Go over there and in the general posts or civil war arms categories, post a note asking him to contact you. First, you might want to do a search there on the bullet type by name.

Don't shoot 'em myself, but there are guys in the organization who swear by 'em. There are several styles available.

 

[connerm]

I have a .54 mold. Contact me about it if you like. [email protected]