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The Minié ball first saw widespread use in the American Civil War.
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In 1855, the British adopted the Minié ball for their Enfield rifles.
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He[Minié] did not consider it safe in practice to fire a 30-lb. shot from a 12-pounder cast-iron gun.
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As designed by Minié, the bullet was conical in shape with a hollow cavity in the rear, which was fitted with a small iron cap instead of a wooden plug.
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Another method of stabilization is to place the center of mass of the bullet as far forward as is practical, which is how the Minié ball and the shuttlecock are designed.
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After a successful day of testing of his method at the Polygon in France he had a conversation with Claude-Etienne Minié who stated that a key barrier to the use of the larger, heavier spinning projectiles would be the strength of the gun and in particular".
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