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The soft lead bullet that came to be known as the Minié ball, (or minnie ball) was first introduced in 1847 by Claude Étienne Minié (1814? - 1879), a captain in the French Army.

While literature's first mullet mention may have come from the ancient Greek poet Homer—in The Iliad, he described the Abantes, a group of spearmen, as wearing “their forelocks cropped, hair grown long at the backs,”—the term “mullet” wasn't actually coined until 1994, thanks to the Beastie Boys' song “Mullet Head.” ...

In 1826, Henri-Gustave Delvigne invented a rifle, which was more effective in its firing of a ball. Swiss Colonel Eduard Rubin invented the bullet with a full metal jacket. He engineered this implement in 1882 while working for the Swiss Federal Ammunition Factory and Research Center.

Among the first pointed or "conical" bullets were those designed by Captain John Norton of the British Army in 1832. Norton's bullet had a hollow base made of lotus pith that on firing expanded under pressure to engage with a barrel's rifling.

One of the first pointed or "bullet-shaped" bullets was designed by Captain John Norton of the British Army in 1823. Norton's bullet had a hollow base which expanded under pressure to catch the rifling grooves at the moment of being fired.

~1400s: The Cast Lead Ball Gunsmiths and ammunition manufacturers got creative by shaping molten metal into sphere shapes, first with iron, then with easier-to-produce lead. These lead balls, projectiles created specifically to be shot out of firearms, were the first bullets.

~1400s: The Cast Lead Ball Gunsmiths and ammunition manufacturers got creative by shaping molten metal into sphere shapes, first with iron, then with easier-to-produce lead. These lead balls, projectiles created specifically to be shot out of firearms, were the first bullets.

Henri-Gustave Delvigne, (born 1799, Hamburg [Germany]—died Oct. 18, 1876, Toulon, France), French army officer and inventor who designed innovative rifles and helped introduce the cylindrical bullet. Delvigne joined the French army as a youth and attained the rank of captain of the royal guard.

The soft lead bullet that came to be known as the Minié ball, (or minnie ball) was first introduced in 1847 by Claude Étienne Minié (1814? - 1879), a captain in the French Army.

While literature's first mullet mention may have come from the ancient Greek poet Homer—in The Iliad, he described the Abantes, a group of spearmen, as wearing “their forelocks cropped, hair grown long at the backs,”—the term “mullet” wasn't actually coined until 1994, thanks to the Beastie Boys' song “Mullet Head.” ...

In 1826, Henri-Gustave Delvigne invented a rifle, which was more effective in its firing of a ball. Swiss Colonel Eduard Rubin invented the bullet with a full metal jacket. He engineered this implement in 1882 while working for the Swiss Federal Ammunition Factory and Research Center.

Among the first pointed or "conical" bullets were those designed by Captain John Norton of the British Army in 1832. Norton's bullet had a hollow base made of lotus pith that on firing expanded under pressure to engage with a barrel's rifling.

One of the first pointed or "bullet-shaped" bullets was designed by Captain John Norton of the British Army in 1823. Norton's bullet had a hollow base which expanded under pressure to catch the rifling grooves at the moment of being fired.

~1400s: The Cast Lead Ball Gunsmiths and ammunition manufacturers got creative by shaping molten metal into sphere shapes, first with iron, then with easier-to-produce lead. These lead balls, projectiles created specifically to be shot out of firearms, were the first bullets.

~1400s: The Cast Lead Ball Gunsmiths and ammunition manufacturers got creative by shaping molten metal into sphere shapes, first with iron, then with easier-to-produce lead. These lead balls, projectiles created specifically to be shot out of firearms, were the first bullets.

Henri-Gustave Delvigne, (born 1799, Hamburg [Germany]—died Oct. 18, 1876, Toulon, France), French army officer and inventor who designed innovative rifles and helped introduce the cylindrical bullet. Delvigne joined the French army as a youth and attained the rank of captain of the royal guard.