Bullets
Nice Dug Example of the Rare .46 Cal. Multi-Ring Sharps Minnie
Dug near New Madrid, Missouri
ID'ed Exclusively to the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
Here's the last one I got! Nice displaying specimen of one of the most desirable and rarest cavalry ammunition. This is amongst the batch that were dug in the 1st Missouri Cavalry camp just outside of New Madrid, Missouri. Only the 1st Wisconsin was in these areas of the Trans-Mississippi Theater with the .46 cal. carbines. They were later transferred across the "Big River" very late in the war, and actually assisted in the capture of President Jefferson Davis. This minnie' does have a few dings from the plow on one side, but the other side displays perfectly.
$75
Here are PERFECT examples of the .69 cal. French one-ring "triangle" base minnie's. They have PERFECT white patina's without any blemishes, pushes, nicks or dings. These are absolutely "collector's grade." I have 7 available.
$30 Each
Unfired Confederate .69 Cal. Round Balls--Dug by Elmo Allen at Champion Hill
I have these 14 perfect specimens of exclusively Confederate .69 balls (only the Confederates had .69 smoothbores at Champion Hill), dug decades ago by a local digger, Elmo Allen.
$6 Each Only a Couple Left!
Champion Hill fired minnie's, dug by my friend, Lonnie Bell.
There are over 25 to choose from--some looked almost unfired, while others are smashed flat like a mushroom. These were dug along Lee's Alabama Brigade battleline, and Barton's Georgia Brigade battleline. Some are Confederate, but most are Yankee minnie's. I sell a lot of these to collectors who like to have an ID'd piece of the Champion Hill Battle, especially a bullet fired "in anger" and earnest at their foe in the heat of the great battle. All dug by Lonnie on his property.
$3 EACH
I have all these unfired Spencer minnie's, some with the brass casing remains around the bottom of the bullets.
$3 Each
Even more fired bullets for sale! I have another batch of around 80, of every sort and kind, so get them while they last! Fired bullets, though once so cheap and easy to find, have recently become harder and harder to buy in bulk at those old, cheap prices. Well, it's simple "Supply & Demand" economics, folks: they aren't making any more of them, so the supply is a limited, finite number, and the demand keeps increasing. Remember when there were so many fired bullets in fields, creeks, and woods that people thought they were junk???
$1 Each
Unfired "Flat-Base" .54 cal. Sharps minnie's. I have 2 left for sale. MM# 43.
$3 Each
Unfired US .58 cal. Type III Williams Cleaner Minnie's. The Zinc Plug's on the bottom were intended to grip into the rifling of the gun barrel upon being fired and help clean/scour the fouling in the barrel. One was packed in Federal cartridge packs of every 10 rounds. MM# 540. I have over 50 for sale.
$3 Each
I have two unfired Type II Williams Cleaner Minnie's, not in the best of shape, but have good display sides. MM#538.
$2 Each
