Interesting facts and demonstrations of the Mini Ball ammo. I miss living in southern Alabama with all of it's Civil War History, (not much CW history in Idaho) All you who live in the south are lucky!
"Soft lead and black powder have killed more men than smallpox". Attributed to "Bat" Masterson, during the time he was writing for the New York Times. Mister Mine's bullet did a lot of that killing for a long time both before and after the wars of the mid 19th century (hollow base lead bullets were still in military service as late as WW-1. Many ammunition makers still carried them into the 1930s. Some nations in Asia were still loading black powder ammunition as late as WW 2 )---- Ray
Head & neck cancer. Just neck really. Lots of surgery , lots of radiation. Lots and LOTs of drugs . Too many Doctors, no dancing girls. They could at least have dancing girls---Ray
This looks a lot like the bullet that some people believe was used to assassinate Patton shortly before his car crash in Germany (dramatized in the 1978 movie, Brass Target, which was pretty good). It looked more like a big thick screw and it literally bounced off Patton after it inflicted the fatal injury. An inside job orchestrated by our own govt. who didn't want George back here in America.
Patton. A fascinating figure. They did not want him back in the US because if he should run for president, he would surely have won. Not some pencil pusher like Eisenhower. My favorite General from WWII and forward..
His grandfather was a Confederate officer, and Patton learned the history of the War perched on his knee. I was however, not a happy camper when I found out about him and the Bonus March.
Interesting facts and demonstrations of the Mini Ball ammo. I miss living in southern Alabama with all of it's Civil War History, (not much CW history in Idaho) All you who live in the south are lucky!
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Delete"Soft lead and black powder have killed more men than smallpox". Attributed to "Bat" Masterson, during the time he was writing for the New York Times. Mister Mine's bullet did a lot of that killing for a long time both before and after the wars of the mid 19th century (hollow base lead bullets were still in military service as late as WW-1. Many ammunition makers still carried them into the 1930s. Some nations in Asia were still loading black powder ammunition as late as WW 2 )---- Ray
ReplyDeleteYou are a fountain of knowledge, Ray. :) Thanks.
DeleteNo, its just that after the second cancer, all I have to do is read, play with the kid and walk the dog, ,retirement sucks.---Ray
Delete:) I've beaten the Big C, as John Wayne liked to call it, twice, so far.......Where were yours?
DeleteHead & neck cancer. Just neck really. Lots of surgery , lots of radiation. Lots and LOTs of drugs . Too many Doctors, no dancing girls. They could at least have dancing girls---Ray
DeleteVocal cord for me in '74 while in Vietnam (Cobalt) and then it returned in '95. (Removal)
DeleteThis looks a lot like the bullet that some people believe was used to assassinate Patton shortly before his car crash in Germany (dramatized in the 1978 movie, Brass Target, which was pretty good). It looked more like a big thick screw and it literally bounced off Patton after it inflicted the fatal injury. An inside job orchestrated by our own govt. who didn't want George back here in America.
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DeletePatton. A fascinating figure. They did not want him back in the US because if
ReplyDeletehe should run for president, he would surely have won. Not some pencil pusher
like Eisenhower. My favorite General from WWII and forward..
His grandfather was a Confederate officer, and Patton learned the history of the War perched on his knee. I was however, not a happy camper when I found out about him and the Bonus March.
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