✅ SOLVED Bullet I.D. help

[Trentonfrank]

I found this guy today. I'm assuming its civil war era? It has a tiny hole in the bottom and am wondering if there is a purpose of the hole or is it a flaw in the bullet mold? I apologize I don't have calipers but I did weigh it if that helps. 28 grams.

Thanks,
Frank

 

[Joe G from Md]

Looks like a Spencer or Maynard never saw base quite like that. One thing for sure 28 grams an ounce of death!

 

[Red James Cash]

A ******* probably rammed it down the barrel bass ackwards and used a bullet puller.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I'll confirm the first half of Joe G from Md's guess... it is definitely a (fired) .52 Spencer Rifle bullet. I should mention, it is the civil war version, because several post-civil-war versions of Spencer bullet exist.

The small hole in the base of this one is just a casting-flaw bubble.

 

[Trentonfrank]

Thanks guys! Marking solved.