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How can I tell if a slug I found is OLD
- Thread starter Tagamet
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Charlie P. (NY)
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Appeqars to have a grease groove, which could indicate old enough to be pre-nitro powders and moly lubes. But it could also be a .22LR bullet that is more modern (shallow grooves if a .22). Dimensons, weight or a coin beside it for relative size would help.
Charlie P. (NY)
New member
I make it as about .56 caliber trying to match it to the quarter. Not sure if the Spencer had a solid base. You're possibly in Civil War or sometime later.
[quote Charlie P. (NY)]I make it as about .56 caliber trying to match it to the quarter. Not sure if the Spencer had a solid base. You're possibly in Civil War or sometime later.[/quote]
Kool! Although the spot I found it is now a bunch of soccer fields, it had been farmland, since the early 1800's. Very unexpected find!
Thanks,
Tagamet
Kool! Although the spot I found it is now a bunch of soccer fields, it had been farmland, since the early 1800's. Very unexpected find!
Thanks,
Tagamet
Charlie P. (NY)
New member
Here. Check out BU-118 almost to the bottom of the page.
http://www.civilwaroutpost.com/Bullets.htm
Sharps solid base. Has the right bottom and groove. Is there any evidence of a smaller ring ahead of the deep one? The image kind of looks that way.
Here is the Sharps
http://www.civilwaroutpost.com/Bullets.htm
Sharps solid base. Has the right bottom and groove. Is there any evidence of a smaller ring ahead of the deep one? The image kind of looks that way.
Here is the Sharps
[quote Charlie P. (NY)]Here. Check out BU-118 almost to the bottom of the page.
http://www.civilwaroutpost.com/Bullets.htm
Sharps solid base. Has the right bottom and groove. Is there any evidence of a smaller ring ahead of the deep one? The image kind of looks that way.
Here is the Sharps
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Yes, there IS a faint, smaller ring ~1/8 inch above the larger one near the base. Thanks for the great link, too. That's a great look at a lot of different shapes and styles.
Locally we had hundreds and hundreds of volunteers serving in the CW (central PA Bucktails). Given that the very few battles in PA were in the extreme southern part of the state, about a 3 hour drive, this is probably as close as I'm going to get to finding a CW relic.
Thanks again!
Tagamet
http://www.civilwaroutpost.com/Bullets.htm
Sharps solid base. Has the right bottom and groove. Is there any evidence of a smaller ring ahead of the deep one? The image kind of looks that way.
Here is the Sharps
Yes, there IS a faint, smaller ring ~1/8 inch above the larger one near the base. Thanks for the great link, too. That's a great look at a lot of different shapes and styles.
Locally we had hundreds and hundreds of volunteers serving in the CW (central PA Bucktails). Given that the very few battles in PA were in the extreme southern part of the state, about a 3 hour drive, this is probably as close as I'm going to get to finding a CW relic.
Thanks again!
Tagamet