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Old Musket Balls & Bullets
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Posted : Tuesday, 22 March 2016 10:26:33 AM(UTC)
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Been picking up a lot of these lately in the tide. Obviously quite old. The musket balls are approximately 15mm in Diameter and similar size for the larger bullets.

I know that the caliber is expressed as a percentage of an inch and can work that out roughly but can any of you experts out the give me a bit more info in rifles used etc.

Thanks in advance
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Posted : Tuesday, 22 March 2016 10:38:29 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: oneounce Go to Quoted Post
Been picking up a lot of these lately in the tide. Obviously quite old. The musket balls are approximately 15mm in Diameter and similar size for the larger bullets.

I know that the caliber is expressed as a percentage of an inch and can work that out roughly but can any of you experts out the give me a bit more info in rifles used etc.

Thanks in advance
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I have a little info here http://metaldetectornz.b.../armed-forces-items.html
Scroll down.

But there are others on here with much more info.

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Posted : Tuesday, 22 March 2016 10:45:29 AM(UTC)
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