Found a bullet of unknown type.

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I was wondering if anybody was familiar ith this one. We don't often find these in these parts, our lead is largely comes as fishing weights and e find a lot of those. The appear to be no markings. The base of the brass is 3/4" and is 2" long. The bullet looks like lead with the small scratches you would expect on lead. The brass seems to have a very slight taper. What are your thoughts as to what it came from and age. I found it in a cousins backyard where an old house burned in 1905. also found to silver thimbles stacked inide each other on the same day.

Thanks

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Anything stamped on bottom of casing around the primer???

HH,

 

[Bell]

looks like an early rimfire 44 or 45

 

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No makings on the base, just smooth blank. A nice domed primer without a pin mark on it. Any thoughts on how old. like 1870-1880s?

Thanks

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[GoGoGopher]

Now I am thinking older .45-70 round...

HH,

 

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I googled the 45-70 and found some specs for the bullet and it seems mine might have a wider and shorter brass than I had first measured. The lenght looks a shade less than 2" and the diameter of 7/10s of an inch at the base. There is also a very small shoulder on it. I was not looking close enough that first time. The shoulder is easier to feel than see and suggests the bullet is about an inch in length. The bullet at the brass is 9/16ths in diameter definately more than 1/ 2 inch.

Man the web is a powerful tool but one still needs to know the name of what you are looking for especially with a broad topic like bullets.

The town where this bullet was found was once populated by schooner based fishermen who fished on the coast of Labrador in the summer where they might encounter polar bears. The odd polar bear even today get as far south as where I live by riding ice flows. Nobody tranquilises them except with hot lead!

HH

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