The Magic Bullet

[Old Pueblo]

Wanted to show you guys this "Magic" bullet casing I found the other day. From what little I could find online, these 44 Center Fire "Magic" bullets were made by UMC in 1889 for an Australian company (F. Lassetter & Co., Sidney, Australia) and shipped across the Pacific, making them a "rare" find here in the USA. Does anyone know more about these things?

 

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[A2coins]

great relic you deserve some great stuff always like your posts hope its something amazing can usend some warm weather my way

 

[Old Pueblo]

Thanks for saying so.

 

[Old Pueblo]

I also found this the other day. An old collar disk from the Citizens Military Training Camp, something I had never even heard of before finding this thing.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Interesting relic, congratulations!

 

[against the wind]

I like the citizens military collar disc. Different.
Congratulations

 

[Relicific]

Interesting history behind that bullet.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Interesting history behind that bullet.

Thats what I said. Ive never found one with a history like this before.

 

[dirtlooter]

both finds are amazing finds. one thing about digging up history, you can find things that totally surprise you and some very cool stuff...I'd say that you found both

 

[CoinHunterAZ]

Old Pueblo, I found one just like yours at an old defunct railroad station east of Flagstaff on the Santa Fe main line. I think I found where they did their target practice because I have found hundreds of old obsolete shell casings.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Old Pueblo, I found one just like yours at an old defunct railroad station east of Flagstaff on the Santa Fe main line. I think I found where they did their target practice because I have found hundreds of old obsolete shell casings.

Congrats on your find! Old bullet casings from the wild and wooly frontier days are some of my favorite finds. I was surprised to find out how old this thing is, since most of the casings Ive found probably come from the early 1900s. And knowing these things were made to be sent to Australia all the way back in the 1880s makes it even more interesting to me, considering what Ive learned about Australia's "wild west".

 

[Old Pueblo]

The collar disk dates from 1921 to 1924.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice finds Pueblo. I like that CMTC button. That's a great find.