Can anyone help ID these bullets

[2Minnesota]

I got a long time ago at an auction?
Thanks for any info!!

 

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[DizzyDigger]

They look to me like .45 wadcutters.

 

[2Minnesota]

Thank you

They look to me like .45 wadcutters.

. Please forgive my ignorance, but are these newer? They are not like old war bullets? Thanks again, trying to get rid of stuff, but don’t want to get rid of anything that might be worth passing on, donating or selling.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Please forgive my ignorance, but are these newer? They are not like old war bullets?

Honestly, I'm not the guy to ask as I really don't have enough expertise to say if they are old, or aren't. Do you know what they weigh, in grains?

 

[robertk]

Please forgive my ignorance, but are these newer? They are not like old war bullets? Thanks again, trying to get rid of stuff, but don’t want to get rid of anything that might be worth passing on, donating or selling.

I am not an expert, but they do not look particularly old to me. That doesn't mean they couldn't have been from a war, but it would have been a more modern one if they were.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Thank you

. Please forgive my ignorance, but are these newer? They are not like old war bullets? Thanks again, trying to get rid of stuff, but don’t want to get rid of anything that might be worth passing on, donating or selling.

My opinion, they're cast lead semi wadcutter types for a .45ACP. .45 Colt Automatic. The little round spot on the base is called a sprue mark, indictive of being cast from molten lead in a mold. There's been literally millions of them cast and loaded by handloaders over the years, typically for target shooting or informal plinking. They're not rare, or valuable. .45 ACP cartridges loaded for combat use in a war have a 230 grain full metal jacket bullet. I have no knowledge of any .45 ACP ever being used by any military for combat being loaded with cast lead bullets. If you wish to pursue the subject further you can go to the Lyman or Lee website. They list many types of bullet molds for about any cartridge you can imagine. I have no idea on age, the .45 ACP cartridge has been around since 1911. The wadcutter bullet for that cartridge probably as long.

 

[2Minnesota]

Honestly, I'm not the guy to ask as I really don't have enough expertise to say if they are old, or aren't. Do you know what they weigh, in grains?

I do not. I appreciate your help, but I have now thrown them in the donate box. No worries. Going through stuff. Thank you!!