What kind of bullet is this? SOLVED

SkyPirate · Feb 20, 2011

I found an old square nail right next to this bullet.

Bottom appears to be torn or broken

UPDATE! several members of the detector club I belong to confirmed that it is a Williams Cleaner that has a broken bottom.

Thank you everybody for your thoughts. :icon_pirat:

pie4himm · Feb 21, 2011

Re: What kind of bullet is this?

almost appears to be of zinc composition since it is giving off a white powder rust as does zinc objects?...nazi era zinc coins give off a similar whitish powder residue too though? ya got me stumped

fyrffytr1 · Feb 21, 2011

Re: What kind of bullet is this?

a little more info might help with the ID. Better measurements would help. It looks to be about 5/8"s long and maybe 1/2" wide. That would make it about a 50 caliber. Is the hole in the base triangular or does it just look that way in the picture?

SkyPirate · Feb 21, 2011

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pie4himm said:
almost appears to be of zinc composition since it is giving off a white powder rust as does zinc objects?...nazi era zinc coins give off a similar whitish powder residue too though? ya got me stumped

It's lead.

Digger54 · Feb 22, 2011

Re: What kind of bullet is this?

Looks like the top half of a cut Williams Cleaner bullet.

SkyPirate · Feb 22, 2011

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fyrffytr1 said:
a little more info might help with the ID. Better measurements would help. It looks to be about 5/8"s long and maybe 1/2" wide. That would make it about a 50 caliber. Is the hole in the base triangular or does it just look that way in the picture?

I updated the post.

TheCannonballGuy · Feb 22, 2011

Re: What kind of bullet is this?

Like other folks here, I've been waiting for precise measurements to be provided ...especially the object's diameter. For bullet-ID, precise measurements are crucially necessary.

But the "updated" measurements make no sense. One millimeter is aproximately 1/25th of an inch. So, the 1.5mm measurement you have now provided is equal to about 1/16th-inch. The ruler alongside the object clearly shows it isn't 1/16th-inch wide and 1/16th-inch long. Please try again.

Daedalus · Feb 22, 2011

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Did you mean 1.5 cm ? and not mm . Because that would be a really small bullet , and the ruler shows that it has to bigger than 1.5mm .

fyrffytr1 · Feb 22, 2011

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It may be 15mm which would be about 58 caliber. If it has had the base cut off of it it could have been just about any 58 caliber bullet to begin with. I measured several different 58 caliber rounds and almost all of them are 15mm wide and 15mm from the tip to the top of the first ring(groove).

Coin Stalker · Feb 23, 2011

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I think it is a 410 rifled slug :dontknow:

SkyPirate · Feb 23, 2011

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Coin Stalker said:
I think it is a 410 rifled slug

NOT! no rifeling on the bullet and the hole in the bottom is to small. Thanks for your input. :icon_pirat:

SkyPirate · Feb 23, 2011

Re: What kind of bullet is this?

TheCannonballGuy said:
Like other folks here, I've been waiting for precise measurements to be provided ...especially the object's diameter. For bullet-ID, precise measurements are crucially necessary.

But the "updated" measurements make no sense. One millimeter is aproximately 1/25th of an inch. So, the 1.5mm measurement you have now provided is equal to about 1/16th-inch. The ruler alongside the object clearly shows it isn't 1/16th-inch wide and 1/16th-inch long. Please try again.

Measured with that ruler in the picture. One side is in inches the other side says "mm" that is the side I used.
Anyway, one of my club memebrs who knows CW bullets confirms that it is a Williams Cleaner. Thanks for your input anyway.