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Double-End Whitworth Bullet
03/19/08 at 6:56pm
 
Has anyone that has seen John Morrow's book "The Confederate Whitworth Sharpshooters" got any opinion on the double-ended bullet mould shown on page 22. It casts a cylindrical projectile, round nosed at either end - looks something like a suppository!
 
I am still having great difficulty considering this was ever entended as a bullet.
 
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Reply #1 - 03/19/08 at 8:51pm
 
So are WSC and DWB  !!!  Something to do with fishing perhaps ?
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Reply #2 - 01/13/09 at 12:04pm
 
Hi dbm & Bill Curtis, I was just wondering if you meant this one I stole this picture (naughty me!) from a civil war relics dealer website its details are listed by them as, rare double ended whitworth bullet measures .441 diameter by 1.370 inches in length, hope that this has helped, Regards, Peter B.
 
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Reply #3 - 01/13/09 at 5:58pm
 
That's the sort of item I have seen, but still have great difficulty in considering that it was intended as a bullet.  
 
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Reply #4 - 01/13/09 at 9:10pm
 
The dimensions suggest that it MIGHT have been intended as a bullet and it has to be remembered that the Whitworth Artillery solid shot in the Civil War used a boat-tail streamline shape which might have set the odd local bullet maker to thinking.  Otherwise there is just no concrete evidence to enable anyone to reach a firm conclusion.   Couple this with one found and reported in Morrow's book and any competent modern mould maker and you could have more turning up.  Couple of faked letters about "my new Whitworth bullet" and away you go - not that I am suggesting anyone could EVER do such a thing.
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Reply #5 - 01/13/09 at 9:43pm
 
Hi Bill, I might get a die or mould cut to make some of these for a trial just out of curiosity as I seem to remember reading that these were worked into being a "fairly" accurate projectile according to the author of the website I stole the picture from. �It is always interesting to do this as you always learn from every trial you shoot and I seem to think the obvious benefit of the configuration of this type of projectile would be ease and speed of loading under the stress of battle being reversible,           Regards, Peter B.
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Reply #6 - 01/13/09 at 10:47pm
 
Whitworth shooters were obliged to be very careful and deliberate in their loading, these were not 'heat of battle' rifles with tales of multiple ooadings in one barrel etc.
The rounded base could have a deleterious effect on the upsetting of the bullet and also allow gas blow by.  However, if you are willing to make such bullets and try them, it will be interesting to see what results you can achieve provided they are measured against conventional paper patched cylindrical flat based (with a small cavity) bullets of .442 diameter and 530 grains.
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