bullet ID

[ticm]

Hello;

Dug these up at a place I have found some pretty old stuff. Can anybody ID what kid of ammo they are. I am sure unough that the round one is a fired musket ball, but have know idea on the others.


Thanks

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Unfortunately, your three fired bullets have so much impact damage that giving you an absolutely 100%-definite ID is very difficult without me examining them in real-life. Because one of them isn't smashed entirely out-of-round, I suggest you use digital calipers to determine its body diameter. Lacking that precise measurement, and comparing it with the quarter for size, your bullets appear to be US .45/70 "Government" rifle bullets, from the Indian Wars era. Some were still in use during the Spanish-American War (1898).

 

[ticm]

thanks for the id. Not sure how to mark it solved