✅ SOLVED Bullet, Maybe?

[edlynne]

Found two of these in a field today. It is about 8 mm wide and 18 mm long. They appear to have been fired, but in the center there seems to be cement. Thanks for the help

 

[d2]

They are modern bullets and what looks like cement is lead that has turned white with age...d2

 

[Simon1]

I agree with d2

 

[G.I.B.]

I agree with S1 who agrees with d2

 

[edlynne]

thank you all, any idea on type of gun?

 

[Ant]

I can say that 8 mm is close to a .32 caliber. The evidence is that it is a jacketed bullet that was fired from a rifled firearm (most likely a pistol), and it looks like it was fired into the ground. You'll need to mic the diameter to make a closer judgement.

 

[cheese]

That's a rifle bullet. 8mm was a popular around 50 years ago when there were a lot of 8mm mausers converted into deer rifles in hunter's hands. .30 caliber is 7.62mm, so depending on how you measured, it could be a .30 caliber from a number of possible cartridges (.308, 30-06, 30-30, etc...)

 

[Simon1]

Not an expert, but I tend to agree with "cheese", the length of the slug indicates it was probably to long to be fired from a pistol or handgun, just my opinion.

 

[edlynne]

thanks for the help, another marked solved