According to "Towards a Hierarchy of Civil War Bullet Rarity", the Arkansas Hog rates 8 out of 10. It is the heaviest of the Trans Mississippi types, one of the most highly desired bullets in the entire hobby, and one of the more scarce. New collectors are going to be immediately attracted to the sheer size, cold pour marks, angular profile and deep grooves exhibited on good specimens Research by hobby savant Skip Mayorga suggests that these projectiles were used in Model 1851 Austrian carbines used by Confederate forces after their disposal by Federal forces in Kansas.The Arkansas Hog was pop... |