Found this bullet yesterday, could use some help identifying it. It measures 50 cal. and has a solid base. About the same length as a 3 ringer. The button was dug at Port Hudson in the 60's by my father. It appears to have had an iron back which was missing when he dug it. Forgot to measure it but i guess its about the size of a dime. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for looking!!
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Button and bullet I.D. needed
- Thread starter LaRelic
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Cajuncoinhunter
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The bullet seems to be a more modern blackpowder gun sabot round. I could be wrong. Using magnification, you may be able to see striations in the grooves ? JUST A GUESS on my part. cch
The only thing I can find close is the spencer carbine. It doesn't have the tiny striations that go all the way around the bullet but it does have a few grooves from the inside of the barrel. I think the spencer did use a metallic cartridge. Don't know much about the carbines, I have a few sharps bullets but that's it. The area it was found does produce a lot of modern bullets along with civil war. Idk. Thanks for looking!