Ammo Nos bullets

[Jack7171]

I was gifted a small collection of mostly very early 1970s gear with a few original pieces from an 84 year old ex-reenactor in our roundtable. He also gifted me his Parker Hale Enfield that he would use at some of the nssa events in the early 70s as well. In the tote, was a paper bag containing these bullets. I would like to think they are new old stock bullets for this rifle, and would like to shoot them, but being not so familiar with BP rifles, are they too dirty or corroded to shoot? They look too clean to be dropped originals, but too dirty to shoot? Kinda like clothes you wear out to a 2 hour dinner,,too dirty to put back in the drawer, but not dirty enough for laundry.
Or maybe they aren't even for this Enfield?
I don't have anywhere to really shoot much, so I didn't want to buy 50 bullets,, I just wanted to run a few thru it as I've only ever fired modern rifles.

 

[Pollaco]

They look like originals that were put in a rock polisher or brass cleaner to remove the white patina.

 

[Frederick14Va]

Reproduction Minies from the 1970's and later. As referenced these were used by the NSSA and other sport target shooters. Either from Lyman-575213 or Lee-90481 bullet molds. Sometimes referred to as the "New Minie" style. These had wider deeper groves than the original pattern Minies, and were nose cast, hence the small flat on the point. Wipe them off and lube the grooves and should be good to go make some noise. I caution not to exceed service load of 60gr of powder since the skirts of these habitually are thinner and can easily tear off, detach, and pieces parts left behind lodged in the barrel if one uses "hot load" charges beyond what its designed for. As with any live firing; clean well after use to make sure no fragments remain. Have fun.

 

[Jack7171]

Reproduction Minies from the 1970's and later. As referenced these were used by the NSSA and other sport target shooters. Either from Lyman-575213 or Lee-90481 bullet molds. Sometimes referred to as the "New Minie" style. These had wider deeper groves than the original pattern Minies, and were nose cast, hence the small flat on the point. Wipe them off and lube the grooves and should be good to go make some noise. I caution not to exceed service load of 60gr of powder since the skirts of these habitually are thinner and can easily tear off, detach, and pieces parts left behind lodged in the barrel if one uses "hot load" charges beyond what its designed for. As with any live firing; clean well after use to make sure no fragments remain. Have fun.

Thank you

 

[Joe Whitworth]

Lube them up and have fun shooting them.