Ball or Slug?

Swartzie

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Found this in an area where I have found two molded, unfired rifle balls and a mold. My first thought was that it is a fired ball. It also weighs about the same as the balls I have found previously. But, it kinda looks like a slug. any opinions?

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Looks a bit like a badly impacted 'smooth sided' Enfield (circa CW).
 
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Has to be a slug if it were a ball there would be more of an outward shape instead of a cone type of shape on that first pic.
I also know that either slug or ball they can be misshapen beyond recondition depending on what they hit.


Chukers
 
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Shot gun slug for sure. I find these often. In the first picture you can see the plug looking base and the lines on the outer edge.
 
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DirtyMike said:
Shot gun slug for sure. I find these often. In the first picture you can see the plug looking base and the lines on the outer edge.
Thats what I was looking for, I see them now, must be a slug :icon_thumright:
 
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