Help identify these bullets

[John in Tampa]

Can anyone tell me about these bullets that I found near the Chickamuaga battlefield? I've never seen this type before. They are longer and skinnier than the typical three ring minnie

Thanks.

 

[BarberBill]

Just a (somewhat educated) guess. They look to me like more recent cast bullets for a large caliber rifle from later dates than the CW years.
BB

 

[Jeff-TN]

John I'm sure those are post war. Nothing to reference the size or caliber to but I belive I see rifling grooves also. Chickamauga is a good area to look around and also Missionary Ridge if you can get permission. Be careful though as the National Park boundaries aren't always marked clearly and there is zero tolerance to metal detecting,

Jeff

 

[John in Tampa]

I bet they are post war as well but it's weird though that I found (65) fired bullets all within a 50 sq yard area and within 1/4 mile from battlefield boundary......

 

[srf2112]

Maybe the modern era bullets were left there from a Civil War reenactment battle in the area or something similar...just a thought.

 

[Larry (IL)]

There are some very knowledgeable relic hunters on the relic forum, I would ask your question there.

 

[Bryan/EastTN]

Hey John,

I'm by no means a bullet guru, but just my first thoughts from seeing them are 1870's-1880's era, looks possibly to be around the 45-70 cal.

May be completely wrong, but that would be my guess at it. Nice finds!!

Bryan

 

[usmc0351]

there were a lot of troops in the area around WW1, i would be those bullets came out of an old krag or springfield rilfe.

 

[starvin]

I shoot a lot of very early type firearms and none of these are from any military rifle that I have shot. Some of them were or are 45-70 rifle calibers, but I have doubts about there being any Kraig Jogensen rounds being in the lot. As for WW1, those most likely were and are jacketed as per the Geneva Convention Rules of War.

 

[DavidRamey]

Starvin, It was the Hague Convention of 1899 that banned bullets that expand or flatten easily in the human body.

 

[usmc0351]

i would bet they're 'Krags' in .30 Army or to you civilians a .30-40 cal. its kinda hard to tell from a picture, but even in a picture a .45-70 is kinda obivious. i forget the post war history of the park, but i know they had troops training there during the span-am war and up to WW1. stan huges of corinth relics has several plates that were dug there that come from the span-am period. I know years ago, we dug many krags just south of the park. the ammo produced in norway was a little different in design from the krag bullets that were later produced at the springfield armory. Again i was told the difference years ago, but cant remember now. I'm pretty sure its Krag-J