Need help IDing bullet

[justdigging50]

Need help ID'ing bullet

I found this bullet today in a park. Can someone tell me what kind and how old. Thanks

 

[vayank54]

Re: Need help ID'ing bullet

It's a modern bullet from the 1900's I'm sure someone will be able to tell you more about it though

 

[bugbitingme]

Re: Need help ID'ing bullet

Kinda looks like a 30-06 boat tail. Can't tell much about the tip though.

 

[favored papa]

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the black tip indicates an armor piercing bullet probably is 30 caliber probably not over 30 y3ars old or the black paint would be gone

 

[ecmjamsit]

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I'm pretty sure its a .50 caliber round from WWII. Measure the diameter of the bullet to be sure. I found a shell casing to one from an old Army Airfield here in Pueblo last week.
.50 caliber will measure exactly one half inch in diameter.

 

[jrsherman]

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Definitely .50cal machine gun. Got one off the beach at OBX, and used to have some from my Uncle from Vietnam. Weird part is figuring out how it got to a park hehe

 

[timekiller]

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Yep agreed 50 cal. Come with many colored tips meaning many uses yours (Cartridge, Caliber .50, Armor-Piercing, M2
This cartridge is used against lightly armored vehicles, protective shelters, and personnel, and can be identified by its black tip
Here is one I found from WWII 1943 Browning Machine Gun Round!(Cartridge, Caliber .50, Incendiary, M1
This cartridge is used against unarmored, flammable targets. The incendiary bullet has a light blue tip.

 

[Deepdiger60]

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With out a doubt a .50 cal armor piercing bullet i fired ten,s of thousands this a dummy round to dangerous to keep a real one hanging around that bullet you found will go through 3 feet of steel reinforced concrete . Dd60

 

[artorius]

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I do not know where you dug this, but during WWII, an anti-aircraft 50 caliber machine gun was maintained in the park at Monclair, New Jersey (where my parents were growing up). Montclair is a suburb of New York City. I believe that anti-aircraft guns were spread liberally in coastal areas on the basis of even the most far-fetched fears of an air raid. I could see a live round being left behind from the later removal of one of these guns. I would not assume that the round is not live, and not dangerous.

artorius