Musket ball and small shot identification : a guide / Daniel M. Sivilich ; foreword by David Gerald Orr ; introduction by Douglas D. Scott ; Appendix by Henry M. Miller

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Contents: The gun and early projectiles -- The basic musket ball -- What did it hit? -- Musket balls with fabric impressions -- Musket balls altered to improve lethality -- Canister shot -- Chewed musket balls -- "Pewter" musket balls -- Musket balls altered for nonlethal use -- Small shot ... not just for the birds -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The chronology of the early gun -- Appendix B: An analysis of marks on musket balls recovered from the Revolutionary War Battlefield of Monmouth, New Jersey, and comment on biological causes of shot deformation / by Henry M. Miller -- Appendix C: Classifications of small lead shot -- Appendix D: BRAVO

2016

18th century

Revolution, 1775-1783

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic: Bullets--Identification; Shot (Pellets)--Identification; Bullets--History; Firearms--History; History; Equipment and supplies; Antiquities