(12-12-2014, 08:09 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote: (12-12-2014, 03:18 PM)RJNorton Wrote: (12-12-2014, 11:37 AM)Jim Garrett Wrote: It is a .42 calibre handmade lead ball.
Jim, I can't find the current page, but Ford's Theatre used to have a page in which it was claimed the bullet was .44 calibre. Is this incorrect?
Please see the first sentence here. Thanks.
I believe that is incorrect. Not that I, have had an opportunity to measure it, but the .42 would make sense with the wadding.
I have to agree with, Jim. It has been my understanding the bullet was a .42 caliber and the gun was a .44. Page 449 of American Brutus says the following quote:
"The ball was often described as .41 caliber.......It is now too corroded for an accurate measurement, but a recent examination by the FBI laboratory showed it to be consistent with a .41 caliber ball typically used in the .44 caliber weapon."
The bullet that killed Lincoln
