Enfield Ammunition

[Clark Badgett]

Re: Enfield Ammunition

Jay, any experienced machinist should be able to do something as routine as remove the grease grooves from a .575 mold. Then getting the ball down to the .560 range is as simple as having a sizing mold made to take it from .575 to the desired size, and trimming off the deformation from the sizing plug used. I made one a few years back, but as of this moment I have no idea where it went. I also just used a .5" dowel with the end shaped to a conical style and drove the balls through with a mallet. Worked pretty well.

[Bill]

Re: Enfield Ammunition

"Interestingly, they uncovered fired CS Gardner bullets that had been fired backwards! In the same area, a number of fired English bullets were recovered."

John,

How did the Park people know the Gardner bullets had been fired backwards, or just hit backwards? The cast Gardner bullets were notorious for having voids in the castings. Is there some way to tell if a bullet was loaded backward, or was just tumbling in flight?

[Dreamer42]

Re: Enfield Ammunition

Many thanks, Kevin. This will give me a great project for this summer. Looks like you've really done your homework.

- Jay Reid
9th Texas/165th NY