Bullet ID needed

[NSdigbug]

Looks like stamped with broad arrow over 8 ? 4 rings wood plug in nose. Found in Nova Scotia.

 

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[NSdigbug]

PS this is not a pulled bullet wood plug comes out and cavity in the nose is smooth not threaded, found 3 so far among many smooth sided.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your bullet is a British Snider-Enfield bullet, dating from 1866 on into the 1880s. Made for use in the .577 Snider-Enfield rifle. Many were sent from Britain to Canada for use by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police... which explains why you found yours in Nova Scotia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snider–Enfield

I should mention, some diggers think those bullets are from the American civil war time-period, but they are definitely from no earlier than 1866.

I see you are a brand-new member here at TreasureNet. Welcome to T-Net's "What Is It?" forum, the best place on the internet to get unknown objects identified CORRECTLY.

 

[ironhorse]

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[fyrffytr1]

Your bullet is a British Snider-Enfield bullet, dating from 1866 on into the 1880s. Made for use in the .577 Snider-Enfield rifle. Many were sent from Britain to Canada for use by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police... which explains why you found yours in Nova Scotia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snider–Enfield

I should mention, some diggers think those bullets are from the American civil war time-period, but they are definitely from no earlier than 1866.

I see you are a brand-new member here at TreasureNet. Welcome to T-Net's "What Is It?" forum, the best place on the internet to get unknown objects identified CORRECTLY.

Can you tell me what the wood plug in the nose is? Could it be a pulled bullet that, by chance, a piece of wood or root got into it?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Fyrffytr1, some versions of the 4-groove ("4-ring") .577 Snider Enfield bullets came with a wood plug in the bullet's nose. Others had a solid nose. Others had a red clay plug or an iron cup in the base. But these bullets are definitely not a Minie type. "Early" (late-1860s) Snider Enfield bullets came in a thick paper cartridge with a metal base and self-contained primer, and later ones had an all-metal cartridge. See photo and info at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.577_Snider

The .577 Snider Enfield was a breechloader, so bullets would not be pulled from it... just open the breech and remove the defective cartridge. See the Wikipedia link about the .577 Snider Enfield rifle I includeded in my previous post.

 

[NSdigbug]

Thank you so much answers where what I was looking for. Love the site

 

[fyrffytr1]

Fyrffytr1, some versions of the 4-groove ("4-ring") .577 Snider Enfield bullets came with a wood plug in the bullet's nose. Others had a solid nose. Others had a red clay plug or an iron cup in the base. But these bullets are definitely not a Minie type. "Early" (late-1860s) Snider Enfield bullets came in a thick paper cartridge with a metal base and self-contained primer, and later ones had an all-metal cartridge. See photo and info at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.577_Snider

The .577 Snider Enfield was a breechloader, so bullets would not be pulled from it... just open the breech and remove the defective cartridge. See the Wikipedia link about the .577 Snider Enfield rifle I includeded in my previous post.

Thank you.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I'm sure there was a reason for a wood plug in the nose but this is the first example of one I have seen. Would it be the equivalent of a modern soft point bullet?

 

[SkaBa]

I'm sure there was a reason for a wood plug in the nose but this is the first example of one I have seen. Would it be the equivalent of a modern soft point bullet?

Or Polymer Tip.