20th March 2019, 02:15 AM
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Originally Posted by Robert
Looking closely at the bullet hole in the blade and scabbard and the way the damage is done I do not believe that this was caused by any pistol round of that era. Even if it was done at point blank range the rounds used for handguns at that time did not have the velocity needed to punch a hole through both scabbard and blade so precisely. It is too clean, round and shows very little spread from impact. It is MHO that this damage was most likely caused by a 30 cal. FMJ with a steel core round fired from a rifle. 
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Krag - Jorgenson?
A jacketed round.
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