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Howdy all. I found a bullet in a park/playground yesterday,looks like a fair ol projectile. I don't know much about fire-arms etc.
mbe has a fair age to it. the site dates from about 1850.
in the pic, it is next to a 22lr round, about 28mm long. the tip is slighty damaged from impact.
the musket ball weighs about 30gm,it was found in an Adelaide parkland and was about 6 inches from a nice 1887 threepence.likewise the heavy bullet was also from the park.. there was a lot of shooting clubs and militia training
in the 1880;s in these places. I have found 303 shells in the Adelaide botanical gardens. I guess there may have been training there for ww 11 soldiers. cheers

 

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that may be a better pic.

 

[KarlS]

The .22 round is live. Don't trow it in fire or bang it with hammer.
Karl

 

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that may be a better pic.

The far right one is a minie ball/bullet. Fired out of muzzle loading rifles & a pretty mean projectile. Designed for battlefield use in the 1850's I think.

 

[the duck]

its a bullet magnet the old tesoro it will be gold next well done Pete

 

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The .22 round is live. Don't trow it in fire or bang it with hammer.
Karl

OOPS.

 

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https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3067/1404707417_dsc00351.jpg

that may be a better pic.

The far right one is a minie ball/bullet. Fired out of muzzle loading rifles & a pretty mean projectile. Designed for battlefield use in the 1850's I think.

Thanx M. it was found in an inner city parkland. i reckon the 1883 3d was lost by the same person. there was training there for a militia or citizens reserve.

 

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its a bullet magnet the old tesoro it will be gold next well done Pete

Thanx Trev. yes, finding heaps of lead down to 8 inches. lot's around in a country town. purt near hope so, the reserves are getting low. GOLD

 

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https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3067/1404707417_dsc00351.jpg

that may be a better pic.

The far right one is a minie ball/bullet. Fired out of muzzle loading rifles & a pretty mean projectile. Designed for battlefield use in the 1850's I think.

Thanx M. it was found in an inner city parkland. i reckon the 1883 3d was lost by the same person. there was training there for a militia or citizens reserve.

I found one on some diggings out at Stuart Town - makes me wonder why they needed a muzzle loading rifle & a projectile designed for war. They were used in the Civil War & a common find on US Civil War sites. Makes a nice change from .22's & shotty pellets :lol:

 

[Heatho]

I found a few at Sunny Corner too, one was totally mangled like it clipped some metal or a rock another was flattened out on one side, hit something much softer........, .50cal I think. Would make a big mess of anything it hit.

 

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I found a few at Sunny Corner too, one was totally mangled like it clipped some metal or a rock another was flattened out on one side, hit something much softer........, .50cal I think. Would make a big mess of anything it hit.

Make a mess alright. weighs 16 gms ? I think,from ,memory. with the semi blunt tip it would have a huge impact,knock down factor.

 

[the duck]

There were 622 rifle clubs in victoria alone in the 1860s it was very popular sport and if you find an old range you will know about it they are everywhere

 

[Dutchy]

Not a ballistics expert but have been around a few bullets in my time, both going and coming! The first looks like a 20th century centre fire rifle bullet (hard to tell but maybe .30 cal). Second is a 20th century .22. Third looks like a round musket ball (if it has a hole in the top its a sinker!), Fourth (2nd pic) looks like a possible pistol bullet. On the 4th one you will see the remnants of a brass cartridge? which would at least place it past the late 1850's but more likely past the 1870's and would mean its not a black powder because the powder was in the round itself and not poured down the barrel.

Nice finds. Many throw these old bullets away but I keep them for historic reasons and if your in this hobby for money some are worth a bit.

 

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On second look + now seeing the weight @ 16 grams I am thinking it may be an old pistol bullet head too. Dutchy is on the money. I think minie balls/bullets should be about 510 grains or around 30 grams. Still a good find & still way better than .22's & shotty pellets :lol:

 

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Not a ballistics expert but have been around a few bullets in my time, both going and coming! The first looks like a 20th century centre fire rifle bullet (hard to tell but maybe .30 cal). Second is a 20th century .22. Third looks like a round musket ball (if it has a hole in the top its a sinker!), Fourth (2nd pic) looks like a possible pistol bullet. On the 4th one you will see the remnants of a brass cartridge? which would at least place it past the late 1850's but more likely past the 1870's and would mean its not a black powder because the powder was in the round itself and not poured down the barrel.

Nice finds. Many throw these old bullets away but I keep them for historic reasons and if your in this hobby for money some are worth a bit.

Thanx Dutchy. yes th first one is unusual given I haven't seen one before I have a 303 [ marked L C 7 4 ], 243, and a 22/250 , this bullet looks about same as the 303. it was in a park,playgtound ,20 ft from a 1870's guest house, virtually in the main street, so how it got there is interesting. the 22lr come from a farm adjoining a 1880 school in ruins, found only a 1923 3d at the school. the musket ball [ no hole'] weighs about 30gm, and found at a near city parkland that had a shooting range and had citizen's militia training. the 1883 3d was about 6 inches away, so it is an old site. the 50 ? cal. was also in a city parkland. it has part of the casing visible. finding 303 casings in city parklands also is interesting. cheers