Bulk Quantities of Civil War Bullets Available

 

These bullets are in excavated condition. They will show normal wear for being in the ground over 125 years. I will do my best to describe any major flaws.

 

Other groupings of bulk bullets will be listed at the bottom of the page.

 

Most bulk bullet purchases can fit inside of a USPS flat rate box for $5.00.

Battlefield Shot and Damaged Bullets

Minimum Quantity 50

@$0.80

Bag of 50

$40.00

Available

Three Ring Minies, Mixture of .54 and .58 Cal

Minimum Quantity 40

@$1.25

Bag of 40

$50.00

available

Sharps Carbine Mixtures (Flat Base/Dimple Base)

Minimum Quantity 40

@$1.25

Bag of 40

$50.00

Available

Confederate Two Ring Gardner Bullets

Minimum Quantity 25

@$4.00

Bag of 25

$100.00

Temp. Unavailable

.44 Colt Revolver Bullets Mixture of Army & Dragoon, and Elam O. Potter revolver bullets.

Minimum Quantity 25

@$2.00

Bag of 25

$50.00

 Available

.52 Spencer Bullets Minimum Quantity 25 @2.00 Bag of 25

$50.00

Available

Smoothbore ball .69 Cal

Minimum Quantity 25

@$2.00

Bag of 40

$50.00

Available


Y435    (Qty. 5) .577/.58 Confederate Gardner Bullets   

This lot contains five excavated Richmond produced Gardner bullets. At least one of these has the harder to find (raised dot) in the cavity. All of them are in excellent condition and are the exact ones you will receive.

Reference:    MM#170/171

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley

Price: $30.00

Y433    (Qty. 25) Mint Condition .58 Three Ringers   

Here are 25 dropped three ringers that are in choice condition. In today's conditions it is hard to find this many perfect ones together. Most bullets have the slightest nick. These one are perfect and the exact ones you will receive. Great for gift shops or gifts for students.

Price: $50.00

Y363    (Qty. 12) .44 Sage Revolver Bullets   

Nice grouping of the .44 Sage bullets. For some reason these are really hard to find in certain parts in the east. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley and Antietam Areas

Price: $36.00

Y360    (Qty. 15) High Impact Fired Bullets

Here is an excellent grouping of dug civil war bullets. All of these are fired and have hit something very hard. It is interesting to look at how distorted and maimed these bullets are. What did they hit? We can only wonder! These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley and Antietam Areas.

Price: $25.00

Y359    (Qty. 10) .44 Colt Dragoon and .44 Colt Revolving Rifle Bullets

Here is a nice grouping of ten dug civil war Colt bullets. These were used in the .44 Colt Revolver and the .44 Revolving Rifle. There are two types of bullets in here. There are the common colts with the flat bases and there are the .44 Watervliet Arsenal bullets with the small pressed cavity. All of these bullets are in dug condition and are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley and Antietam Areas.

Price: $30.00

Y358    (Qty. 10) .50 Smith & Gallager Carbine Bullets

Here is a nice grouping of dug bullets for the .50 Smith or .50 Gallager Carbine. These were in paper cartridges made by Poultney. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Reference:    TT#73

Price: $40.00

Y357    (Qty. 10) .44 Colt Dragoon and .44 Colt Revolving Rifle Bullets

Here is a nice grouping of ten dug civil war Colt bullets. These were used in the .44 Colt Revolver and the .44 Revolving Rifle. There are two types of bullets in here. There are the common colts with the flat bases and there are the .44 Watervliet Arsenal bullets with the small pressed cavity. All of these bullets are in dug condition and are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley and Antietam Areas.

Price: $30.00

Y356    (Qty. 10) .54 Confederate Richmond Sharps

Nice grouping of dug .54 Richmond Sharps bullets. This was the Confederate version of the Sharps produced at the Richmond Laboratory. These are in dug condition and are the exact ones you will receive. The majority of these were recovered from the New Market area in the Shenandoah Valley.

Price: $30.00

Y355    (Qty. 10) .54 Confederate Richmond Sharps

Nice grouping of dug .54 Richmond Sharps bullets. This was the Confederate version of the Sharps produced at the Richmond Laboratory. These are in dug condition and are the exact ones you will receive. The majority of these were recovered from the New Market area in the Shenandoah Valley.

Price: $30.00

Y354    (Qty. 10) .44 Colt Dragoon and .44 Colt Revolving Rifle Bullets

Here is a nice grouping of ten dug civil war Colt bullets. These were used in the .44 Colt Revolver and the .44 Revolving Rifle. There are two types of bullets in here. There are the common colts with the flat bases and there are the .44 Watervliet Arsenal bullets with the small pressed cavity. All of these bullets are in dug condition and are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley and Antietam Areas.

Price: $30.00

Y353    (Qty. 10) .44 Colt Dragoon and .44 Colt Revolving Rifle Bullets

Here is a nice grouping of ten dug civil war Colt bullets. These were used in the .44 Colt Revolver and the .44 Revolving Rifle. There are two types of bullets in here. There are the common colts with the flat bases and there are the .44 Watervliet Arsenal bullets with the small pressed cavity. All of these bullets are in dug condition and are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley and Antietam Areas.

Price: $30.00

Y352    (Qty. 15) Pulled and Wormed Civil War Bullets   

Here is a nice grouping of pulled/wormed civil war bullets. Bullets were extracted from the barrel of the musket for several reasons. The powder that was behind the bullets may have been bad or perhaps damp. The soldiers may have also been coming into camp for the evening. This group shows a mix of different bullets that were used during the war. All of these have been pulled at least once. A couple of them have been pulled a few times after the first, and second attempt failed. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $35.00

Y349    (Qty. 10) .58 Williams Type III Cleaners   

These bullet were issued approximately every 15 rounds. The purpose of these bullets was to scrape the build up of gun powder (fouling) from the inside of the bore. Type I had a zinc disk attached to a post. Types II and III had zinc disks between the bullet and the lower disk. Upon firing the lower disk would push forward causing the zinc disk to expand outward and clean the fouling from the inside of the barrel. This was necessary in order to prevent the soldiers from constantly breaking down their entire weapon to clean the bore. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Reference:    MM#540

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley Area

Price: $20.00

Y348    (Qty. 10) .58 Williams Cleaners Type I

These bullet were issued approximately every 15 rounds. The purpose of these bullets was to scrape the build up of gun powder (fouling) from the inside of the bore. Type I had a zinc disk attached to a post. Types II and III had zinc disks between the bullet and the lower disk. Upon firing the lower disk would push forward causing the zinc disk to expand outward and clean the fouling from the inside of the barrel. This was necessary in order to prevent the soldiers from constantly breaking down their entire weapon to clean the bore. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Reference:    MM#537

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley Area

Price: $30.00

Y347    (Qty. 10) .58 Williams Type III Cleaners   

These bullet were issued approximately every 15 rounds. The purpose of these bullets was to scrape the build up of gun powder (fouling) from the inside of the bore. Type I had a zinc disk attached to a post. Types II and III had zinc disks between the bullet and the lower disk. Upon firing the lower disk would push forward causing the zinc disk to expand outward and clean the fouling from the inside of the barrel. This was necessary in order to prevent the soldiers from constantly breaking down their entire weapon to clean the bore. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Reference:    MM#540

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley Area

Price: $20.00

Y346    (Qty. 10) .58 Williams Cleaners Type I

These bullet were issued approximately every 15 rounds. The purpose of these bullets was to scrape the build up of gun powder (fouling) from the inside of the bore. Type I had a zinc disk attached to a post. Types II and III had zinc disks between the bullet and the lower disk. Upon firing the lower disk would push forward causing the zinc disk to expand outward and clean the fouling from the inside of the barrel. This was necessary in order to prevent the soldiers from constantly breaking down their entire weapon to clean the bore. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Reference:    MM#537

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley Area

Price: $30.00

Y345    (Qty. 10) .58 Williams Type III Cleaners   

These bullet were issued approximately every 15 rounds. The purpose of these bullets was to scrape the build up of gun powder (fouling) from the inside of the bore. Type I had a zinc disk attached to a post. Types II and III had zinc disks between the bullet and the lower disk. Upon firing the lower disk would push forward causing the zinc disk to expand outward and clean the fouling from the inside of the barrel. This was necessary in order to prevent the soldiers from constantly breaking down their entire weapon to clean the bore. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Reference:    MM#540

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley Area

Price: $20.00

Y323    (Qty. 10) High Impact Fired Bullets

All bullets show distortion from firing.

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley Area

Price: $15.00

Y302    (Qty. 10) .58 Williams Cleaners Type I

These bullet were issued approximately every 15 rounds. The purpose of these bullets was to scrape the build up of gun powder (fouling) from the inside of the bore. Type I had a zinc disk attached to a post. Types II and III had zinc disks between the bullet and the lower disk. Upon firing the lower disk would push forward causing the zinc disk to expand outward and clean the fouling from the inside of the barrel. This was necessary in order to prevent the soldiers from constantly breaking down their entire weapon to clean the bore. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Reference:    MM#537

Recovered: Shenandoah Valley Area

Price: SOLD

Y301    Damaged .69 Prussians

Damaged Prussians that were recovered from the Camp of the 11th Connecticut discovered in the Spring of 2010. This camp was used just a day or two prior to Antietam and just after South Mountain. Each bullet is slightly damaged.

Quantity Available: 5

Price: $12.00 each

Y300    Damaged .69 Three Ringers

Here is a large lot of damaged .69 three ringers that I recovered from the camp of the 11th Connecticut discovered in the Spring of 2010. This camp was used just after the battle of South Mountain, and was just a day or two before Antietam. Each of the bullets is damaged in some way with either a shovel ding, bend, or disk mark.

Quantity Available: 47

Price: $3.00 each

Y299    Lot of .69 Musketballs (Qty. 15)

Nice group of excavated .69 Musketballs. These musketballs were recovered by myself at one of Confederate ammo resupply areas following the battle of Fox's Gap Sept. 14, 1862. They were found near the camp of the 11th. Connecticut but were left behind by North Carolina troops on the way to Antietam. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Antietam, Maryland 1862 Campaign.

Price: SOLD

Y298    Lot of .69 Musketballs (Qty. 15)

Nice group of excavated .69 Musketballs. These musketballs were recovered by myself at one of Confederate ammo resupply areas following the battle of Fox's Gap Sept. 14, 1862. They were found near the camp of the 11th. Connecticut but were left behind by North Carolina troops on the way to Antietam. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Antietam, Maryland 1862 Campaign.

Price: $30.00 Sale Pending!

Y297    Lot of .69 Musketballs (Qty. 15)

Nice group of excavated .69 Musketballs. These musketballs were recovered by myself at one of Confederate ammo resupply areas following the battle of Fox's Gap Sept. 14, 1862. They were found near the camp of the 11th. Connecticut but were left behind by North Carolina troops on the way to Antietam. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Antietam, Maryland 1862 Campaign.

Price: $30.00

Y296    Lot of .69 Musketballs (Qty. 15)

Nice group of excavated .69 Musketballs. These musketballs were recovered by myself at one of Confederate ammo resupply areas following the battle of Fox's Gap Sept. 14, 1862. They were found near the camp of the 11th. Connecticut but were left behind by North Carolina troops on the way to Antietam. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Antietam, Maryland 1862 Campaign.

Price: $30.00

Y295    (Qty. 10) .58 Williams Type III Cleaners

These bullet were issued approximately every 15 rounds. The purpose of these bullets was to scrape the build up of gun powder (fouling) from the inside of the bore. Type I had a zinc disk attached to a post. Types II and III had zinc disks between the bullet and the lower disk. Upon firing the lower disk would push forward causing the zinc disk to expand outward and clean the fouling from the inside of the barrel. This was necessary in order to prevent the soldiers from constantly breaking down their entire weapon to clean the bore. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Cavity: None

Reference:    MM#540

Price: SOLD

Y282    Lot of .69 Musketballs (Qty. 15)

Nice group of excavated .69 Musketballs. These musketballs were recovered by myself at one of Confederate ammo resupply areas following the battle of Fox's Gap Sept. 14, 1862. They were found near the camp of the 11th. Connecticut but were left behind by North Carolina troops on the way to Antietam. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Antietam, Maryland 1862 Campaign.

Price: $30.00

Y281    Lot of .69 Musketballs (Qty. 15)

Nice group of excavated .69 Musketballs. These musketballs were recovered by myself at one of Confederate ammo resupply areas following the battle of Fox's Gap Sept. 14, 1862. They were found near the camp of the 11th. Connecticut but were left behind by North Carolina troops on the way to Antietam. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Recovered: Antietam, Maryland 1862 Campaign.

Price: $30.00

Y217    Lot of .69 Musketballs (Qty. 15)

Nice group of excavated .69 Musketballs. These musketballs were recovered by myself at one of Confederate ammo resupply areas following the battle of Fox's Gap Sept. 14, 1862. They were found near the camp of the 11th. Connecticut but were left behind by North Carolina troops on the way to Antietam.

Recovered: Antietam, Maryland 1862 Campaign.

Price: $30.00

Y90    (Qty. 10) .54 Sharps & Hankins Carbine Bullets

Reference:    MM#515

Recovered: Culpeper Virginia Area

Price: $95.00

Y27    (Qty. 5)   Hand Carved Civil War Bullets

Here is a nice lot of 5 hand carved civil war bullets. There are many different shapes in this particular group. Almost every soldier had ammunition and a pocket knife. To pass the time while resting or sitting in camp, soldiers would carve their bullets into all sorts of shapes. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $25.00

Y26    (Qty. 5)   Hand Carved Civil War Bullets

Here is a nice lot of 5 hand carved civil war bullets. There are many different shapes in this particular group. Almost every soldier had ammunition and a pocket knife. To pass the time while resting or sitting in camp, soldiers would carve their bullets into all sorts of shapes. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $25.00

Y25    (Qty. 5)   Hand Carved Civil War Bullets

Here is a nice lot of 5 hand carved civil war bullets. There are many different shapes in this particular group. Almost every soldier had ammunition and a pocket knife. To pass the time while resting or sitting in camp, soldiers would carve their bullets into all sorts of shapes. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $25.00

Y24    (Qty. 5)   Hand Carved Civil War Bullets

Here is a nice lot of 5 hand carved civil war bullets. There are many different shapes in this particular group. Almost every soldier had ammunition and a pocket knife. To pass the time while resting or sitting in camp, soldiers would carve their bullets into all sorts of shapes. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $25.00

Y23    (Qty. 5)   Hand Carved Civil War Bullets

Here is a nice lot of 5 hand carved civil war bullets. There are many different shapes in this particular group. Almost every soldier had ammunition and a pocket knife. To pass the time while resting or sitting in camp, soldiers would carve their bullets into all sorts of shapes. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $25.00

Y18    (Qty.5) Hand Carved Civil War Bullets

Here is a nice lot of 5 hand carved civil war bullets. There are many different shapes in this particular group. Almost every soldier had ammunition and a pocket knife. To pass the time while resting or sitting in camp, soldiers would carve their bullets into all sorts of shapes. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $25.00

Y17    (Qty. 20)    Hand Carved Civil War Bullets

Here is a nice lot of 20 hand carved civil war bullets. There are many different shapes in this particular group. Almost every soldier had ammunition and a pocket knife. To pass the time while resting or sitting in camp, soldiers would carve their bullets into all sorts of shapes. These are the exact bullets you will receive.

Price: $60.00

 

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