Dug 3 of these near an early 1800's church, then drove about 15 miles to the site of an old civil war era hospital, and dug 2 more! After the first 3, I figured there must have been some reenactors out doing their thing, but after finding them at the second site, I'm a little confused. Obviously relatively modern, only 1 shows a headstamp, and all but 1 are jagged around the bullet end. I'm fairly certain they are blanks, but why on earth would I be finding them at two different sites so far apart? All were dug at 2-3 inches.
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Any Civil War reenactors here?
- Thread starter darrenb
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seeing that hump around the primer pocket and the 43 reminds me of the german military mauser 1871 in 43 cal. . later turned into the 71/84 [updated in 84] . they were used as training rifles in ww1 and a few saw actual service in the war . [germans ] . then discontinued . very heavy lead , about 500 grains . yours look like blanks . capable of killin an elephant . if it is what you have , i'm not positive .
