Need help to identify a bullet

[Life Is Good]

Hi,
I was recently relic hunting in VA and found this bullet.
It doesn't look like most of the civil war bullets.
This one seems to be a 45 cal. It measures 7/16 across x 1 1/16 long.
Can anyone identify this one for me.
Thanks

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

there was a similar one posted here a while back, I think it was determined to be a 45-70

 

[Daedalus]

Yep , I think Ken hit this one right on. And it does look like the right size to be that. If you have a Mic the mic it out and then we will know for sure. I can look it up and see.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

there was a similar one posted here a while back, I think it was determined to be a 45-70

Yes here is the old post. I think its the same but Im not a bullet guy. Indian wars era. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,383204.0.html

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It's important to note (as my original post did) that in the complete-cartridges photo, only #2 and #3 are definitely .45/70 cartridges.

Counting from the photo's left, cartridge #1 is a .50/70, and cartridge #7 is a .44/70 Sharps. I'm not certain enough about the ID of #4, #5, and #6 to name them here.

LifeIsGood, the relic you dug is definitely a .45/70 bullet. First manufacture was in the 1870s, for the 1873 US .45-caliber Springfield rifle and carbine -- and used in the Indian Wars through the Spanish-American War. Specifically, your bullet appears to be a .45/70/405. As I mentioned in the original thread, I myself dug one at the Fredericksburg VA battlefield (about one mile outside the Battlefield Park boundary). Many civil war bullets and artillery shell fragments came from the same farmer's field where I dug my .45/70 bullet. It was about 1/4 mile from the campsite of Fredericksburg's Span-Am War soldiers (which is marked by a memorial monument which gives that information).

Explaining the three numbers in your bullet's ID... the first refers to its caliber, the second to the weight of the cartridge's powder-charge (in Grains), and the thrid number refers to the weight of the lead bullet itself (also in Grains).

 

[Life Is Good]

I'd like to thank everyone for their input and for putting an ID on my bullet.
It's not civil war, but it's still 1800's and my first find that dates the Indian War period.
Thanks again for your help.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I'd like to thank everyone for their input and for putting an ID on my bullet.
It's not civil war, but it's still 1800's and my first find that dates the Indian War period.
Thanks again for your help.

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