Found first ever 3 ringer bullet.

[nalc472]

Found my first 3 ring bullet.It was in a yard in Indiana. I could see Kentucky from the yard. Maybe it was a

union troop that was watching Kentucky for Johny Reb.

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Congrats on the three-ringer! Great piece of history! :thumbsup02:

 

[nalc472]

Are 3 ringers all from CW period? Or did they make them long after the war? Attached is a pic of the house that stood where I found it House Built 1827. Torn down 2014

 

[BTV Digger]

I'm not a bullet expert, but some simple reading shows they reached the height of their popularity in the mid-1800s up to about the Civil War period, though even by that time new modern loading repeat-fire weapons were already being introduced. Obviously though, some of the older muskets that used the minies were kept by some folks for a few decades longer. So mid to possibly late 1800s would be my best estimate.

John