RIFLE RANGE FINDS - What are they??.......

[dugupfinds]

Map evidence of the range is 1885 but I think it is earlier.

I have found lots of bullets from the Enfield & martini-henry.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,59417.0.html


Picture 1 - Lid to an ammo box or door handle?

Picture 2 - brass thing with a hook on one end & "12" on the other side.

Picture 3 - Lead things

Picture 4 - More lead things, the things in the front seem to fit on the top (one has a 6 or 9 on it in the circle)??

 

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[TreasureTales]

Photo #1--Possibly a drawer pull (like from a chest of drawers or a sideboard)
Photo #2--Possibly part of a 12 gauge reloading tool
Photo #3--Dunno
Photo #4--Dunno

 

[MiddenMonster]

Picture 3 - Lead things
Picture 4 - More lead things, the things in the front seem to fit on the top (one has a 6 or 9 on it in the circle)??

This is easy. Those are spent bullets that have been fired from a gun. I've collected several that I've fired. Sometimes they liquify and form a splash pattern. Other times they flatten out or turn to claws. Did you find any jackets nex to them that had also deformed?

 

[PBK]

Picture 3 - Lead things
Picture 4 - More lead things, the things in the front seem to fit on the top (one has a 6 or 9 on it in the circle)??

This is easy. Those are spent bullets that have been fired from a gun. I've collected several that I've fired. Sometimes they liquify and form a splash pattern. Other times they flatten out or turn to claws.

The top two items in photo #4 appear to be shotgun slugs.

 

[junkdigger]

Looks like most of the lead objects are sprues from bullet casting. A sprue is the lead that overflowed the mold.It is sheared off from the top of the mold,leaving just the bullet in the mold.Then the mold is opened to drop the bullet out. The two objects at the top of the bottom photo look very similar to a Foster type of shotgun slug. Used mostly for deer hunting.

 

[TreasureTales]

...The two objects at the top of the bottom photo look very similar to a Foster type of shotgun slug. Used mostly for deer hunting.

Ah, yes, now I remember...they are for "slug guns" or shotgun slugs used for big game...right you are!!! Still being made today.

 

[dugupfinds]

Photo #1--Possibly a drawer pull (like from a chest of drawers or a sideboard)
Photo #2--Possibly part of a 12 gauge reloading tool
Photo #3--Dunno
Photo #4--Dunno

What is a 12 gauge reloading tool, when were they used?

 

[dugupfinds]

Looks like most of the lead objects are sprues from bullet casting. A sprue is the lead that overflowed the mold.It is sheared off from the top of the mold,leaving just the bullet in the mold.Then the mold is opened to drop the bullet out. The two objects at the top of the bottom photo look very similar to a Foster type of shotgun slug. Used mostly for deer hunting.

Cheers, thats what I thought too.

 

[TreasureTales]

Photo #1--Possibly a drawer pull (like from a chest of drawers or a sideboard)
Photo #2--Possibly part of a 12 gauge reloading tool
Photo #3--Dunno
Photo #4--Dunno

What is a 12 gauge reloading tool, when were they used?

Reloading dies/tools are devices that guys (and gals) use to refill their spent shotshells. They reload them themselves and by doing so they can save some money and recycle the hulls. They are still made today and have been around for quite awhile. This website might explain them better than I can. http://www.rcbs.com/default.asp?menu=1&s1=4&s2=2

 

[Gribnitz]

Yep, the last pic has a couple of the big shotgun slugs. You can tell them by that wierd looking grooving around the edges. They usually use those where it isn't legal to hunt with rifles due to proximity of homes. They don't fire as far, but pack a wallop.

 

[DCMatt]

I think photo number two might be a spent cartridge extractor - necessary when your rifle or shotgun doesn't eject the shell casing after you fire. This would be a common tool at a firing range and more likely than reloading equipment.

12 gauge cartridge extractor (modern)

DCMatt

 

[dugupfinds]

I think photo number two might be a spent cartridge extractor - necessary when your rifle or shotgun doesn't eject the shell casing after you fire. This would be a common tool at a firing range and more likely than reloading equipment.

12 gauge cartridge extractor (modern)

DCMatt

Nice one - all helps towards the museum display discriptions. - Cheers