.34 bullet...

[richtam123]

I dug this out yesterday and it's the smallest bullet but I've dug yet. What type of CW pistol or other weapon would have fired something this small?

 

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[Breezie]

It looks like 'buck & balls,' but I'm not the bullet person.

Neat find
Breezie

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Agree. #00 Buck is 0.330" (#000 is 0.360") so it is very possible you have buckshot rather than a single projectile. Buck and ball loads were very common in New England with one bore sized ball and three smaller ones. Also used for night picket duty in the Civil War.

 

[richtam123]

Thanks! The B&B was dug a few miles from Wilson's Creek.

 

[richtam123]

It looks like a ball as in 'buck & balls,' but I'm not the bullet person.

Neat find
Breezie

Thanks Breezie, it was tough to find because it is so tiny. I kept picking up handfuls of dirt, using my pro pointer and it eventually made into my goodie bag.

 

[BosnMate]

The model 1851 Colt pistol is .36 caliber. Use calipers to check it's size, an unfired pistol bullet for the 1851 cap and ball revolver would be .375 of an inch.