✅ SOLVED Bullet ID Help, Please

[Dougie Webb]

I found this small round buried about 5- inches deep on some land near my house that's been inhabited since the early 1800's.

• Extremely light: 1.6 grams/25 grains
• Width ~.22 inches/5.7 mm
• Flattened if you look at it from the side
• Found near another similarly sized bullet (last picture) that is a little heavier (2 grams).

Mostly just interested in a rough estimate of age to help figure out the history of the land. Sorry the pics are so blurry but these things are really small.

Thanks in advance!

 

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[BAW]

I found this small round buried about 5- inches deep on some land near my house that's been inhabited since the early 1800's.

• Extremely light: 1.6 grams/25 grains
• Width ~.22 inches/5.7 mm
• Flattened if you look at it from the side
• Found near another similarly sized bullet (last picture) that is a little heavier (2 grams).

Mostly just interested in a rough estimate of age to help figure out the history of the land. Sorry the pics are so blurry but these things are really small.

Thanks in advance!

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It is hard to tell from the pictures, but it appears that the the bullets shown are of the "heeled" type - that is to say that they are slightly smaller in diameter at the base. This is typical of .22 rimfire bullets, and the diameter and weight you report are within a few grains / 100ths of an inch of the standard for the .22 short, which has been made from 1857 to the present.

 

[Dougie Webb]

It is hard to tell from the pictures, but it appears that the the bullets shown are of the "heeled" type - that is to say that they are slightly smaller in diameter at the base. This is typical of .22 rimfire bullets, and the diameter and weight you report are within a few grains / 100ths of an inch of the standard for the .22 short, which has been made from 1857 to the present.

Really appreciate that. Didn’t realize a 22 LR load was so light!

Sounds like you’re basically saying it’s gonna be pretty hard to tell close to how old it is bc it is so common?

 

[Dougie Webb]

Really appreciate that. Didn’t realize a 22 LR load was so light!

Sounds like you’re basically saying it’s gonna be pretty hard to tell close to how old it is bc it is so common?

Oops . Meant 22 short