The is an approximately .69 caliber, lead round ball. Its interesting feature is a wide, flat band the runs the circumference of the ball. This is an excavated round and displays an even white patina. This unusual bullet was designed specifically for the Brunswick rifle. This gun used only two opposing grooves in the rifling pattern. These grooves were deeper than usual and the bullet had to be “fitted” into the muzzle when loading.

Two styles of this bullet are encountered; with a rounded raised band or a flat raised band as this specimen displays. One Is likely English and the other may be Russian. Or perhaps both types were used in all weapons.

The rifle itself was invented by Captain Berners, who was then serving as a Field Adjutant under the Duke of Brunswick's forces. This rifle had two very wide grooves which made a complete turn inside the barrel. The rifle was complemented by a bullet shaped like a ball with a straight belt running around its surface. Such a bullet was called a "belted-ball". In 1837 the new weapon was to be called the Brunswick rifle, even though most of its parts were from the Enfield design. [jet][ph:jet]

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