Live .50 round found!

[Mark kus]

This round was found in a local brook in a town over from me by my friend how in the world did it get there is the question lol?!!!

 

[still looking 52]

Is that a machine gun bullet or an airplane bullet? Whatever it is I wouldn't want that bullet hitting me, that thing is massive.
If it has any stamping on it you may be able to research it & know more about it.
Very interesting find.

 

[fwcrawford]

Interesting find.... those things cost $10 a round to shoot!!!
Be careful with it.

 

[Ronstar]

Wonder if thats old enough to have the mercury primer?? Any National Guard or military based nearby?? Best I ever found was a live .22......

 

[Mark kus]

Yeah my friend did not want it so he gave it to me it’s in my display case yes aircrafts B-17’s tail gun ball turret waist gunners p-51 mustangs machine gun they all fired this rd

 

[bootyhoundpa]

They usually have a 2 digit year date stamped into back side..

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Local beach after a re-nourishment was littered with them. Pumped them onto the beach from offshore when they were replacing the sand that had washed away. The ones I found were all AP.

 

[Ronstar]

And the point I was trying to make earlier was..... if it has the mercuric compound in the primer they can become quite unstable after time. Be aware....

 

[JimmyCT]

Very neat find Mark. I totally agree with Ronstar. Be very careful with this enormous projectile.

 

[fastdraw]

The round is the standard M2 Ball ammunition. Still in use today. it is Non-mercuric primed, and the bullet is a standard lead core, with a copper jacket. If it was found in the water, then the chances of it going off, if the primer was struck is about .00001% Nice find

 

[fastdraw]

The round is the standard M2 Ball ammunition. Still in use today. it is Non-mercuric primed, and the bullet is a standard lead core, with a copper jacket. If it was found in the water, then the chances of it going off, if the primer was struck is about .00001% If it has a Black Tip, then it's AP. Nice find

 

[407floyd]

Be careful. If that goes off it'll blow a large hole in whatever is around. Folks have lost important body parts digging things like that up.

 

[GeorgeinSC]

That round is not nearly as dangerous as people seem to believe. Without a Barrell to contain the expanding gas from the powder and push the bulled down the barrel. The most that will happen is that the brass case will get pushed a few feet at most. The bullet will not move due to the weight. You stand a much higher chance of getting burned by the hot gas than anything else.

 

[fastdraw]

That round is not nearly as dangerous as people seem to believe. Without a Barrell to contain the expanding gas from the powder and push the bulled down the barrel. The most that will happen is that the brass case will get pushed a few feet at most. The bullet will not move due to the weight. You stand a much higher chance of getting burned by the hot gas than anything else.

GeorgienSC is 100% correct about the 50 BMG cartridge.