Bullet ID help.

[captain Jack]

Found this bullet in Powhatan, Va. Not sure if it is current or possibly CW. Should have included it in the pic but it's (although not round) the size of a quarter.Rang up on my MD in the "AL Zn" section of the screen. (btw what do these letters stand for because I know the AL isn't aluminum. I think the Zn is zinc? I was never good at chemistry. anyways, just wandering if anyone knows how to id a bullet from these pics. It weighs 18 grams, or 0.6 oz. I sure hope it's a CW bullet. It'd be my first.

If not, anyone have any good ways to tell them apart when they're this smashed? I have yet to find a CW bullet (even here in Va!) and I am getting overly optimistic with everything I find. Soon I'll be mistaking bird shot for grape shot!

 

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[hasbeen]

Al is the symbol for aluminum,Zn is zinc.If the bullet weight is known in grains,it would help to identify it.A picture with an object of known size such a coin would possibly allow it to be identified.

hasbeen

 

[captain Jack]

I don't know the weight in grains unless someone knows the formula from oz or grams. It is the size of a quarter, minus the fact that the bullet isn't completely round. hope that helps some?

 

[SomeGuy]

1 gram = approx. 15.43 grains, 18 grams = about 278 grains.

If pure lead, and IF my math is correct, (don't bet on it) this would make a sphere of about .57 caliber.

 

[Monty]

Wouldn't have a clue without a picture. There's only about a thousand different bullets that would match that description. And, I've never seen a bullet that wasn't round except a "tround" made for a gyrojet pistol. Monty

 

[ToddB64]

Found this bullet in Powhatan, Va. Not sure if it is current or possibly CW. Should have included it in the pic but it's (although not round) the size of a quarter.Rang up on my MD in the "AL Zn" section of the screen. (btw what do these letters stand for because I know the AL isn't aluminum. I think the Zn is zinc? I was never good at chemistry. anyways, just wandering if anyone knows how to id a bullet from these pics. It weighs 18 grams, or 0.6 oz. I sure hope it's a CW bullet. It'd be my first.

If not, anyone have any good ways to tell them apart when they're this smashed? I have yet to find a CW bullet (even here in Va!) and I am getting overly optimistic with everything I find. Soon I'll be mistaking bird shot for grape shot!

Captain Jack.........there are no pics with your post.

ToddB64