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Relic Discussion => Bullets => Topic started by: Wilmington Mike on July 27, 2022, 10:31:18 AM

Title: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: Wilmington Mike on July 27, 2022, 10:31:18 AM

I took some pics with my phone.  I found 2 and a friend found 1.  One was carved a bit.  Found in the lowcountry with a few "P" bases also.

Title: Re: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: aggiereb on July 27, 2022, 01:34:51 PM

WOW!!  Great finds!!

I'm jealous.  We don't find stuff like that in the Trans-MS.  But when we do, they're hum-dingers!!

Louisiana and Arkansas are the best places to find 'em out this way.

Wes

Title: Re: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: Wilmington Mike on July 27, 2022, 09:07:41 PM

I don't have anything like the Trans MS bullets you guys find.  I remember seeing the articles by Meigs, and I met Skip at a couple of shows early on who talked about the bullets being found in Western Theater.

Title: Re: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: aggiereb on July 28, 2022, 02:27:09 PM

Watch Ebay!!!

Several of the Trans-MS bullets in my collection came from there. 

People apparently think Trans-MS bullets are deformed oddities and shy away from them, leaving them for us!!!  I recently got an almost perfect "Jenkins Ferry" musketoon bullet for $20.00 on Ebay.

Wes

Title: Re: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: Lazouave on July 31, 2022, 06:05:09 PM

I dug two of the Musketoons at Okalona, AR years ago. Same hole. Only two I ever found. I covered that
hill sure I would get more! I always thought they really neat bullets.

Title: Re: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: aggiereb on August 01, 2022, 01:28:15 AM

After getting that Jenkins Ferry musketoon, I hunted down an article in North/South Trader from 1992, written by Meigs Brainerd.  In it he discusses the differences in the Arkansas, Port Hudson, and Jenkin's Ferry variants. 

Two points of interest (at least to me) - 1) the Jenkins Ferry variant "might" be of Confederate manufacture, and (2) the other musketoon variants are probably US manufacture and issued to USCT regiments, specifically the 1st and 2nd Kansas.

Title: Re: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: Jim T on August 16, 2022, 11:35:14 PM

To get back on topic, the "S" base bullets made by Schlesinger & Wells in Kent, England are very rare and is a great find.

Title: Re: Enfields with "S" base
Post by: R. J. in LA on August 19, 2022, 05:30:58 PM

Here's my "S" base Enfield I found relic hunting several years ago in the Trans Mississippi in Baldwin, LA. Only "S" base Enfield I've ever found and very happy to have that one.