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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2711340" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>From the pics, particularly from the dents in the first pic, I think it looks like FMJ, or at least jacketed ball. I seem to recall seeing that kind of corrosion on Civil War-era lead ball, and the hollow base would be consistent with a Minie ball variant, so it could be an unjacketed lead BP round--but the images I'm finding of fired Minie balls don't show rifling traces that sharp, and they show far more deformation around the nose, so I'm still leaning toward a modern round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2711340, member: 26737"] From the pics, particularly from the dents in the first pic, I think it looks like FMJ, or at least jacketed ball. I seem to recall seeing that kind of corrosion on Civil War-era lead ball, and the hollow base would be consistent with a Minie ball variant, so it could be an unjacketed lead BP round--but the images I'm finding of fired Minie balls don't show rifling traces that sharp, and they show far more deformation around the nose, so I'm still leaning toward a modern round. [/QUOTE]
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