If it aint a bullet, what is it? Or maybe it is a bullet?

[diggummup]

Is there such a thing as a steel bullet? It's made out of some kind of hardened steel I guess, it's magnetic. I don;'t have a micrometer but from what I can get it's about 19mm wide x 84mm long give or take a mm. That translates to about 3/4" wide x 3 5/16" long give or take a 1/16. It has an opening that's 10mm wide and 19mm deep with a concave center, it's not threaded. It weighs approx. 5.6 ounces. Picked it up at a sale, woman said it's a WWII bullet, but I have my doubts.

 

[Chug And Red]

My bullet is, Magnets stick to it!!!! chug

 

[diggummup]

Now that's a bullet!!

 

[Chug And Red]

Your bullet may Be older than WWII

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It is technically not a bullet, but a projectile for one of the smallest calibers of cannons. You've got an armor-piercing projectile for a 20-millimeter caliber cannon ...which dates back to approximately World War 2, and in other forms is still in use today, notably by the US Army. The small shallow hole in the base is for the Tracer chemical. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_mm_caliber

 

[diggummup]

Thanks Cannonball. I guess it was worth the dollar then as a conversation piece.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Nice old 20 mil. definitely worth a buck!

 

[diggummup]

Nice old 20 mil. definitely worth a buck!

Cool, thanks.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Found this patent may be of interest. http://www.google.com/patents?id=zU...wAjgK#v=onepage&q="dec 12 1905" buckle&f=true

 

[Monty]

Looks like a 20mm aircraft cannon ball bullet. I have a complete cartridge on my desk as a paper weight. I was stationed on an ordinance range in the USAF and the armourers would paint the nose of the bullet different colors to ID what aircraft fired it. It would leave a colored hole in the 10' by 10' canvas targets we used. Monty