Smaller cavity in bullet

[RustyRelic]

Found this this morning at a return site . I haven't seen one with this type of hole in the bottom. Any opinions?

 

[RedRover]

It's a Williams patent cleaner ball. During much of the war the US Army placed one or more in every package of ten rounds by 1863.

The Williams Patent Bullet

It's pretty much inevitable -- if you're metal detecting a Civil War site, you're going to come across a bullet quite different from the sta...

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Confederate veteran James A. Lyons noted after the war...

 

[RustyRelic]

Thanks! I knew I was on an active spot. This is my first Williams .