Bullet base marks

[Jim T]

Numbers 29 - 34:

#29 -- misstamp or extra flake of lead in base
#30 -- From Eley Bros.  Fairly rare.
#31 -- Is this a circle? Is it a hole (air bubble)?
#32 -- See above
#33 -- Found in .58 "minies".  At least 3 sizes of raised stars and an asterisk-like star known.  The asterisk is the most uncommon of these.
#34 -- See previous discussion above regarding the Woolwich bullets.

[R. J. in LA]

Here is my "S" base Enfield found in south Louisiana at a camp site along Bayou Teche. Sorry for the lightness of the photo.

[emike123]

Upon close inspection I am not a big fan of the Vs either.  One appears to really be half a V and the mark could be spurious.  Not sure that bullet is fired, but a piece of the base has been carved or broken off.  The other could've been carved by the soldier for sure but it is a Mac Mason bullet so probably came out of the ground that way 50+ years ago.  These may well be the ones Mac was referring to as #23 in his book.

But in case you did not notice since no comment was made -- the US marked one I posted has a backwards S and is in an Enfield.  The letters are raised and don't appear to be tampered with, but it still may meet with some level of professional skepticism...

All three I posted are Mac Mason marked Enfield bullets with Virginia provenance. 

[Daveslem]

I like to use a wet Q-tip to clean the base marks. That may help clean up the backward S US. Pretty unique bullet, there, Mike, and of course gotta love it's from Mac. Someone should do a book about Mac and his collection(s). Know any publishers?

P.S. ETEX,  your 7 spoke rimless wheel is cool, too.

[Daveslem]

A couple of new bullets. The rimless wheel is just like ETEX's 7 spoke. Cool.

[Daveslem]

Here's the other pic.