Square bullets

[kisak]

Originally Posted by fernando

in a more recent period, bullets were modified in order to kill more effectively,

This is actually shown in a Swedish documentary series (Svenska Slag) about the Scanian War (1675-79). So it might be a reasonably old practice.

[VANDOO]

THERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE RIFLE AND SQUARE BULLETS IN THE J.M. DAVIS GUN MUSEUM IN CLAREMORE OKLAHOMA. THE COLLECTION IS SAID TO BE THE LARGEST PRIVATE GUN COLLECTION IN THE USA. I USED TO VISIT WITH MR. DAVIS MANY YEARS AGO AND CAN WELL BELIEVE IT WAS THE LARGEST PRIVATE GUN COLLECTION. IT COVERS QUITE A RANGE OF WEAPONS MOSTLY GUNS BUT THERE ARE A FEW EDGED WEAPONS AND MANY STONE POINTS AND ARTEFACTS AS WELL, DEFINITELY WORTH A VISIT IF ANYONE IS IN THE AREA.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by kisak

This is actually shown in a Swedish documentary series (Svenska Slag) about the Scanian War (1675-79). So it might be a reasonably old practice.

You are quite right, Kisak.
Don't pay notice to my unfortunate expression. I was influenced by casern talks about the use of contemporaneous methods while i was serving in the armed forces... a period for oblivion.
As i (also) approached above, we often find that those techniques thought to be recently invented, have their roots in ancient times.