Another bullet ID

[fyrffytr1]

I tried to ID this bullet on my own but, since I am posting it here, Y'all know how that turned out! Anyway, I found it yesterday. I don't have a scale to weigh it and I am not sure if I measured the diameter correctly. It measures .391"s in diameter and .546"s long.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.

 

[Breezie]

It looks to have 3 rings and a solid base, so I'm thinking it is a .40 C.D. Leet for a pistol, perhaps derringer. Nice find, Breezie

 

[fyrffytr1]

Breezie,
Thanks for the info. Could you put an age on it?

 

[Breezie]

Breezie,
Thanks for the info. Could you put an age on it?

Your bullet is circa Civil War. C.D. Leet was in business under this name for only 2 years 1864-1866. The C.D. Leet & Co. was from 1862-64. The company was then sold to Schuyler, Hartley & Graham in 1866, and they became part of the Union Metallic Cartridge Ctdg & Cap Co from 1866-1867. In August of 1867 it became Union Metallic Cartridge.

I know just enough about CW bullets to be dangerous, so hopefully one of the bullet experts will come in and either 'amen' my ID or not. Breezie

 

[fyrffytr1]

Thank you for the help.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Well, Breezie, since I don't have any other ID I am going to give this a green check and add my first C.D. Leet bullet to my collection.

 

[vayank54]

I'm not familar with that bullet and couldn't find one in my book but looking at Sgt Riker's site that has a leet in the cartridge it looks like it could be a leet.
http://sgtriker.com/bullets.htm

 

[Breezie]

Here are 2 pics of just the lead:

 

[vayank54]

By cracky Breezie ya got it. Good job

 

[fyrffytr1]

I'm not familar with that bullet and couldn't find one in my book but looking at Sgt Riker's site that has a leet in the cartridge it looks like it could be a leet.
http://sgtriker.com/bullets.htm

I found the same site. I wish I had the measurement for the casing.I found one that the bullet fits but I think it is too long. Also' it's a rimfire and I don't know if the Leet was one or a centerfire.

 

[Breezie]

I'm not familar with that bullet and couldn't find one in my book but looking at Sgt Riker's site that has a leet in the cartridge it looks like it could be a leet.
http://sgtriker.com/bullets.htm

I found the same site. I wish I had the measurement for the casing.I found one that the bullet fits but I think it is too long. Also' it's a rimfire and I don't know if the Leet was one or a centerfire.

It was a rimfire, and my source gave the measurements for the lead, but not the casing.
Diameter: .400
Length: .569
Weight: 129

Breezie
PS: Thanks VaYank for the kudos. You're an excellent teacher!

 

[fyrffytr1]

Thanks again for all the help. I looked at the bullet on SGT Riker's website and the casing I have is much longer. It's funny that we recover one-of-a-kind relics from this site, never duplicates. I think we may be finding the remains of a collection that was thrown out or lost many, many years ago.