Gardner Explosive 58 Caliber Bullet

[Haversack62]

What was the idea behind this bullet?

 

[redbob]

The fear factor was much greater than the damage that it did.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Allot of good info on a previous thread:

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/exploding-bullets.70331/

 

[Bob Owen]

Thought to be used to explode enemy munitions and caissons. I have not seen an official purpose written down anywhere. This is the Gardiner bullet. Gardner didn't make an exploding bullet.

 

[Haversack62]

Allot of good info on a previous thread:

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/exploding-bullets.70331/

Thanks for the post