St. Louis teardrop elongated ball

powderblack · January 29, 2017, 04:04 PM

does anybody know if these were ever made by anyone recently? in either .44 or .36 caliber? i live in the ST. LOUIS AREA and found it interesting about the old armory here making bullets for the civil war. just wondered how these teardrop bullets would shoot in the replica ball and cap revolvers of today.

http://www.pochefamily.org/books/RemingtonTD.htm

Hawg · January 29, 2017, 08:19 PM

Not to my knowledge.

armoredman · January 30, 2017, 12:37 AM

Nifty history, thank you

g.willikers · January 30, 2017, 12:48 PM

That bullet doesn't look hugely different than a modern .45 hardball.
Wonder if one of those would work well enough for a decent test.
Just a thought.

Hawg · January 30, 2017, 03:10 PM

Quote:

That bullet doesn't look hugely different than a modern .45 hardball.

Your idea of a .45 hardball round must be vastly different from mine.

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powderblack Junior Member Join Date: January 28, 2017 Posts: 1	St. Louis teardrop elongated ball does anybody know if these were ever made by anyone recently? in either .44 or .36 caliber? i live in the ST. LOUIS AREA and found it interesting about the old armory here making bullets for the civil war. just wondered how these teardrop bullets would shoot in the replica ball and cap revolvers of today. http://www.pochefamily.org/books/RemingtonTD.htm Last edited by powderblack; January 29, 2017 at 04:48 PM.

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Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,376	Not to my knowledge.

January 30, 2017, 12:37 AM	#3
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,479	Nifty history, thank you

January 30, 2017, 12:48 PM	#4
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	That bullet doesn't look hugely different than a modern .45 hardball. Wonder if one of those would work well enough for a decent test. Just a thought.