pulp
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Post by pulp on Jan 6, 2013 2:31:59 GMT
Found this today while metal detecting. 134.5 grains, .375 to .380 at the base. No rifling marks.
Any guesses?
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Post by the light works on Jan 6, 2013 6:09:30 GMT
if it is not so old, it may be a jacketed slug with the jacket torn off. - I've got a couple of jackets minus the slug, somewhere. that is pretty small caliber for firearms that predate rifling.
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Post by pulp on Jan 6, 2013 6:17:31 GMT
I thought about a torn off jacket too. I have a .22mag bullet like that, but you can just make out rifling marks with a magnifier. A .40 or .45 might have a thick enough jacket to protect the lead from rifling. It could be from a saboted bullet for a .45 caliber muzzle loader. It's not old, no oxidation and only an inch or so deep.
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Post by silverdragon on Jan 6, 2013 11:11:57 GMT
Deep into what?....
Certain things can prevent oxidisation... for instance, peat can preserver wood so well a buried 100 yr old tree trunk may come up as well as a 20 yr old.....?
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Post by pulp on Jan 6, 2013 19:09:02 GMT
It was just under the surface of an iron rich forest floor soil.
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Post by the light works on Jan 6, 2013 22:47:46 GMT
another possibility might be a modern smoothbore black powder gun. I don't know if they make them in that caliber range or not.
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Post by the light works on Jan 6, 2013 22:48:39 GMT
or a .410 shotgun slug designed to fire from a sabot?
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Post by pulp on Jan 7, 2013 6:03:07 GMT
A .410 slug would be hollow based.
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Post by the light works on Jan 7, 2013 7:23:26 GMT
A .410 slug would be hollow based. not all of them. there is a near infinite variety of shotgun slugs. |
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