.jpg)
Most students of the Civil War are familiar with the term “buck & ball”—a load consisting of a single large ball and three buckshot fired from a .69 caliber smoothbore musket. Now it can be yours! Well, sort of. An Italian ammunition company now makes a 12 gauge shotshell for home defense that sports a […]
Buck & Ball
January 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Categories: Arms & Armament · Technology
Tags: · ammunition, buck and ball
Sharpshooter Ammo and Pouches
August 15th, 2006 · No Comments
I’ve always said that one of the most difficult jobs of the war was that of the Confederate ordnance officer. It was not unusual, especially early in the war, to have units armed with two or even three different types and calibers of weapons. Even when things more or less standardized (at least In Virginia) […]
Categories: Arms & Armament
Tags: · ammunition, pouches, sharpshooter
@CivilWarBlog