Minie

The giant outcrop of volcanic rock which is known as Minie Kloof rises, with that directness peculiar to the vast South African table-land, sheer from a prairie as level as a billiard-table.

On the Heels of De Wet Lionel James 1913

I may wind up mining my berm on my range someday for lead I shot into it years previous, but fishin sinkers and wheelweights make good Minie Balls.

Lead Ammuntion in the news again 2009

I may wind up mining my berm on my range someday for lead I shot into it years previous, but fishin sinkers and wheelweights make good Minie Balls.

Lead Ammuntion in the news again 2009

The drink of choice was an explosive type of brandy known variously as Washoe, Minie Rifle, or Chain Lightning, whose effect was described by one survivor as “a stomach full of galvanic batteries, yellow hornets, pepper sauce and vitriol.”

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

It was the first use of the Minie ball on a large scale in combat, which increased the range of infantry combat from within 100 yards to roughly 250.

Waldo Jaquith - The wars so nice, we fought them twice. 2008

The drink of choice was an explosive type of brandy known variously as Washoe, Minie Rifle, or Chain Lightning, whose effect was described by one survivor as “a stomach full of galvanic batteries, yellow hornets, pepper sauce and vitriol.”

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

Mr. Pamplin grew up on a tobacco farm in Dinwiddie County, Tenn., where he heard tales of his family's Civil War exploits and dug up Minie rifle balls to use as weights on his fishing line.

Longtime CEO of Georgia-Pacific Built Largest U.S. Manufacturer of Plywood 2009

Hello, Corporal, I'm the battlefield surgeon, ah, those Minie balls yet again?

public service announcement hradzka 2009

But when you have the terrerristss as violent as they have been, and when you have the three major factions in Iraq Eenie, Meenie and Minie, killing each other and Amurkans, and you have the level of violence, I don’t think there’s any point, Wolf, in facing the facts.

Think Progress » Specter: ‘We Have To Face The Fact’ That Iraq Is A Civil War 2006

Minie bullet — while an equal number were showered out upon the side-platforms.

A Tangled Tale 2003