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Old 05-20-2012, 01:51 PM
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Can anyone help identify this? Found in NH. Thanks, any help appreciated.
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Old 05-20-2012, 02:08 PM
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Looks like a bullet from early black powder cartridges. A large number of these were introduced in 1870's so without any accurate measurements and some closeup pics it is hard to make guesses.

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Is it made of lead? It sure looks like a pretty heavy grain bullet.
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Old 05-20-2012, 03:17 PM
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Looks like it could be Government 45-70 or similar.

Here is a pic of some I have found.



This one was loaded in 1878 by the head stamp.

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It might be a bullet from a trapdoor era gun

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Made of lead and looks very similar to the bullet on left. Thanks to all!!

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i've found quite a few of those in the park across the street. It's been a well used park since 1920. Figured people hunted there back in the 1800's when the other side of town was populated and this was all farmland/woods....

never thought to get an id on them. Nice to see some info on them.

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Old 05-24-2012, 03:25 PM
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Default Definitely 45-70

Almost certainly a Government 45-70 bullet, they are a classic design, found many when i lived in Texas, and hunted old Indian Wars skirmish sites.
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