Civil war Musket Bullet?
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Montana Jim
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Looks like it might have been a pistol (maybe rifle) one groove bullet.
No way on earth to know when it was made or fired - but could be CW era.
No way on earth to know when it was made or fired - but could be CW era.
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looks like a pistol bullet to me. From what I can see it looks like it might be a 44 Sage but it is really kind of hard to tell for sure. if you clean the ring out and it has little machine marks in the ring it is more modern. If the ring is smooth there is a good chance it is civil war.
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Hey, Is it lead? All of the CW bullets I have are white-ish colored.
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Some thoughts:
The "white" patina (oxidation) on lead is purely environmental - depending on the region and matrix the bullets will look different.
Without weights and measurements, or at least weight when the projectile is deformed (in this case), it really becomes a guessing game.
Yes, it could be more modern that CW era. Even miniballs picked up from battlefields could be post CW era. It's almost impossible to attribute bullets to "war" when it could have been from a hunter 30 years after the battle took place (and in the case of musket balls - 30 years prior or after).
Garabaldi - you don't see a groove around it? It sure looks like on in the picture.
The "white" patina (oxidation) on lead is purely environmental - depending on the region and matrix the bullets will look different.
Without weights and measurements, or at least weight when the projectile is deformed (in this case), it really becomes a guessing game.
Yes, it could be more modern that CW era. Even miniballs picked up from battlefields could be post CW era. It's almost impossible to attribute bullets to "war" when it could have been from a hunter 30 years after the battle took place (and in the case of musket balls - 30 years prior or after).
Garabaldi - you don't see a groove around it? It sure looks like on in the picture.
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I think it is too deformed to ever id it perfectly. But if you found it in a CW battle area it probably is some kind of CW projectile. The list is endless it seems. Monty
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Montana, I do see a groove. I thought you meant on the bottom where the inverted curve is. The groove initially made me think of Musket bullet CV era. The site I found it was 1650 farm land in Mass. It was a homestead.
Thanks for all yoru help folks.
Thanks for all yoru help folks.
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