🔎 UNIDENTIFIED CW Bullets- ID and Info?

[Capncrunch]

Hello again!
I was wondering if anyone on here was a CW aficionado, who could tell me exactly what these (very few) bullets I have found in my area (NW MO)?
Also, would a 'fired' bullet show rifling? Are any of these fired?
Thanks in advance for any info!

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

We need PRECISE diameter measurements, meaning, in hundredths of an inch.

While we wait for the diameter measurements:
They all APPEAR to be .69-caliber civil war "Minie-bullets." The one in photos by itself, having only two body-grooves, is extremely rare. Some collectors call it a "Port Hudson" (LA) Minie=bullet, because that battle-&-siege is one of the just 2 or 3 known places where that type has been found. It is thought to have been used by the yankees.

Your pointed-nose .69-caliber Minie-bullet is a generic 3-groove version, which was used by both the USA and CSA troops.

The other one, which seems to have a very rounded short nose, is an uncommon type, found mostly in what was called the Trans-Mississippi theater. It too could have been used by either side.

 

[Capncrunch]

We need PRECISE diameter measurements, meaning, in hundredths of an inch.

While we wait for the diameter measurements:
They all APPEAR to be .69-caliber civil war "Minie-bullets." The one in photos by itself, having only two body-grooves, is extremely rare. Some collectors call it a "Port Hudson" (LA) Minie=bullet, because that battle-&-siege is one of the just 2 or 3 known places where that type has been found. It is thought to have been used by the yankees.

Your pointed-nose .69-caliber Minie-bullet is a generic 3-groove version, which was used by both the USA and CSA troops.

The other one, which seems to have a very rounded short nose, is an uncommon type, found mostly in what was called the Trans-Mississippi theater. It too could have been used by either side.

Thanks for the in-depth reply!
No problem on the dimensions- I am a machinist- (altho with damages, they won't be symmetrical): The lighter colored one is .660-.710" diameter and approximately .980" long. The other one is .709-.720" diameter and .865" long. The 2-ringer is stored right now, but it was also a .690"(ish) measurement. I can dig it out later, if needed, but not until I get a day off- working 12hrs each, until Monday... That help any?