Civil War era bullet metal?

[Kevin Tinny]

Hello:

Searched here with no results, so:

Please share if you are aware of any bullet metal other than pure being used for original Civil War era bullets. If there are references, either way, those would help. Many thanks.

VR/
Kevin Tinny

[mgmradio]

The Gardner explosive bullets used a harder alloy. Other than that I don?t know of any for sure. I have found round balls cast from pewter in CW camps.

[Kevin Tinny]

Thanks, MGM.
Been a while.
All the best.
Kevin

[ms3635v]

The Gardiner explosive bullet was made using pewter. Pewter melts at 446 degrees.

[Kevin Tinny]

Thanks, Mike:

Seems to me that pewter in any common alloy would have been at least three times harder and more expensive than pure lead. Maybe donated or scrapped dinnerware was used. Haha.

Regards,
Kevin

[noonanda]

The Williams patent ("Cleaner" bullet was made of pure lead but had other metals involved. The type 1 had zinc discs, while the type 2 and 3 had a harder lead insert and the zinc discs.

10218

[lostinwestchester]

What about silver.... good for the occasional ware wolf [emoji191] and it shoots like pewter....

lost

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

[Ron The Old Reb]

You will have to ware a mask and have an Indian for a companion.

[Hal]

That fist one is gonna be a forgone conclusion come 1-20-21.

[lostinwestchester]

You mean kemo sabe and tonto???

lost

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk