3rdTennCo.C
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- Oct 9, 2018
Came across some of these and decided to pick them up. Any thoughts? I am quite skeptical about the spur as it is quite small and nominal rust on the rowell. The stirrup appears to be a breakaway style.
On the spur its a repop. The round ball bullet mold is civilian and you have to remember that everyone had a musket and a bullet mold for it. On the stirrup its hard to say as once again everyone had a horse which means saddle.@ucvrelics, you are the authority on such relics, I would greatly value your thoughts
It is a sharp oneHope the ASPCA doesn't see that rowel. That is brutal. Looks like something from Marquis de Sade
Yes it was as they were hunting rifles. I didn't mean that the mold was even that. Its just a musket mold.Was it common in the early war for people to bring their mold with the musket they brought when they volunteered?
True but was curious. The gent who I fought these from said his father dug them up at one of the mid Tennessee battle fieldsYes it was as they were hunting rifles. I didn't mean that the mold was even that. Its just a musket mold.
You have to keep in mind that it could have been lost before or after the battle by someone hunting in that area.
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Very true