Tom Hughes
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- May 27, 2019
- Location
- Mississippi
I found this bullet, identified as a rare .54 caliber Bavarian Sharps Carbine bullet.
I found this bullet in Redwood, MS a few miles north of Vicksburg.
The camp had the appearance of almost exclusively being Union cavalry. Only one 3-ring minie ball, the rest Sharps carbine bullets.
Here's the kicker - The more I've researched this bullet the more I'm discovering that this bullet didn't seem to have foreign origins, nor is it identified among the cousins of Sharps carbine bullets.
I guess I'm throwing this out to the forum and asking if anyone knows anything concrete about this bullet?
I've always heard it called a Bavarian Sharps. But now I don't seem to know what it is.
I found this bullet in Redwood, MS a few miles north of Vicksburg.
The camp had the appearance of almost exclusively being Union cavalry. Only one 3-ring minie ball, the rest Sharps carbine bullets.
Here's the kicker - The more I've researched this bullet the more I'm discovering that this bullet didn't seem to have foreign origins, nor is it identified among the cousins of Sharps carbine bullets.
I guess I'm throwing this out to the forum and asking if anyone knows anything concrete about this bullet?
I've always heard it called a Bavarian Sharps. But now I don't seem to know what it is.