✅ SOLVED I have had this for many years not even sure when and where I got it.. but I am curious as to what you think it may be? Unexploded Bullet?

[Craig Lytle]

 

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[ticndig]

Welcome to the site ,you'll want to give more info on your find and a size reference. some kind of ammunitions

 

[Craig Lytle]

Welcome to the site ,you'll want to give more info on your find and a size reference. some kind of ammunitions

It is almost exactly 2 inches long and 1/2 inch at the widest point

 

[Whynotnow?]

Looks like a fired .50 cal round with the copper jacket peeling away from whatever it hit.

 

[Craig Lytle]

It has 7 lines I believe for rotation out of the barrel. Shenkle artillery has 7 lines but they much larger in size from what I can see.
Maybe an Archer design

 

[ticndig]

modern copper jacketed bullet.

 

[Craig Lytle]

Looks like a fired .50 cal round with the copper jacket peeling away from whatever it hit.

Ya but the tip is not damaged at all I would think it would show some sign of impact. ?

 

[Craig Lytle]

modern copper jacketed bullet.

Ok thank you I was thinking it was older But I am just getting into military relics and not as educated as I wish to be on the subject

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like a 50 cal ? with the jacket peeled back , there's nothing to explode.

 

[crashbandicoot]

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.50 Browning Machine Gun, Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer, or APIT. Copper jacket, actually gilding metal but copper will do, steel core, incendiary compound in between, tracer compound in the base. Look up a cross sectional diagram for a better understanding if needed. Used in aircraft and vehicle mount guns, belt fed.

 

[pistol-pete]

50 Caliber Browning Machine Gun, Armor piercing round. The inside piece (core) is Tungsten Carbide so hardly ever any damage.
If it were APIT or Tracer it would not have boat tail rear end.