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Bullets / MM652 .40 Cal Tie Ring CS Revolver

« Last post by ColtsPop on February 26, 2024, 10:01:26 AM »

Would anyone have any thoughts on MM652, TT12?  This is the tie ring, .38", .40 caliber CS bullet likely made by the same manufacturer as its larger .44 mate, MM630.  In Thomas and Thomas 12 it is listed as made by Eley, but RBTR4 no5 is also similar, and listed as possibly a TMD type, albeit with a wider tie ring.

The reason I ask is I have not read of it being hard to source, but also do not have a record of one coming up for sale.  I wondered if the Thomas types are truly MM652, if it is in fact early war or TMD?  What is an approximate value?

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Artillery / Re: Marshall, Texas Reads

« Last post by R. J. in LA on February 21, 2024, 04:55:39 PM »

Very nice, appreciate the pics!!

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Artillery / Re: Marshall, Texas Reads

« Last post by gandycreek on February 20, 2024, 09:50:52 PM »

Thanks for posting guys.  Glad to see some nice shells ! 

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Artillery / Re: Marshall, Texas Reads

« Last post by alwion on February 20, 2024, 01:38:14 PM »

love 3.3's. my 3.3 marshal is far right, not as nice as yours

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Artillery / Marshall, Texas Reads

« Last post by emike123 on February 19, 2024, 08:58:15 AM »

A friend was asking me about a 3.3in Marshall, Texas Read I had so I got to looking at my little group of these uncommon shells.  I have 2 different 3in ones:  The one from Poison Springs has a copper sabot that goes across the bottom completely and the other one has a copper ring sabot with the iron base showing on the bottom.  There's the 3.3in on the left. 

The fat one second from the right is a 3.8" which is not listed in any books.  These were for captured James rifles and dumped on the Jenkins Ferry retreat.  I only know of 2 of them, both from the same recovery area.  Unfortunately, I don't have either the 2.25" or 3.5in types shown in D&G.

Been meaning to post some eye candy here for a year or two and am finally getting around to it!

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Artillery / Re: 12lb fragment FUZED to a complete 12lb solid shot

« Last post by emike123 on February 19, 2024, 08:49:57 AM »

That's cool.  I have seen other iron relics fused together from being dumped in water in a pile.  I have a canister plate with friction primers and rocks fused to it from the Alabama River at Selma, for example.  I am sure Steve Phillips has seen a lot as have folks who worked the dump cache in the Oconee River at Milledgeville.  Congrats to your Dad.

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Artillery / 12lb fragment FUZED to a complete 12lb solid shot

« Last post by cherdman51 on February 11, 2024, 01:07:15 PM »

https://imgur.com/a/CGaUZl5 Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? My Dad dug this absolutely wild 12lb solid that has a fragment from another 12lb ball completely fuzed to it. Carefully cleaning it, it almost looks like it could have been welded on. We're afraid to do electrolysis on it. We know it's a legit Civil War ball (we have found many others). Any thoughts on this find?

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Artillery / Re: possible bar shot

« Last post by CarlS on February 08, 2024, 09:59:49 PM »

Some pictures of the other side would be helpful.  As Mike says, hard to say from the angle shown.

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Artillery / Re: Confederate Borman fuse part

« Last post by Steve Phillips on February 08, 2024, 09:29:14 AM »

Yes. I assume only this style were made at Selma.

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Artillery / Re: Confederate Borman fuse part

« Last post by CarlS on February 05, 2024, 08:31:51 PM »

Here are a couple fuses with the copper disks. Very hard to find them still on the fuse.  The one with the cross slits like Steve's also came from the river in Selma and is one of the high lip CS Bormanns.   Could well be that type copper disk only went on the high lip variety or any type from Selma.  Steve:  Is the example in your image a high lip style?