Old Bullet

devros

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• Oct 30, 2009

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Hey anyone know how old this bullet might be? I found it on an old Air Base, It's been there since the early 30's, it has two stars on it and it says, U.S.C. Co and has the number 19 on the bottom of it, under the wording. When I found it, it still had the gun powder still in it, I dumped it out. The bullet measures about 3 1/4 to 3 1/4 inches.

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• Oct 30, 2009

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I'm not an expert but I would guess its a WW2 era cartridge.
Also USC stands for United States Cartridge Company.

19 could also mean 1919, but I'm not sure.

 

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That's a rightous find, Devros. Too bad it's been compromized.

 

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Vlad said:

I'm not an expert but I would guess its a WW2 era cartridge.
Also USC stands for United States Cartridge Company.

19 could also mean 1919, but I'm not sure.

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The base was created during WWII it was a base for and air squadron of some sorts. It has some really cool history to this base.

 

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That headstamp means it's pre-1938 as then Winchester bought the factory. Looks to me it's a 30-06 round from 1919.
Vlad was correct about the manufacturer.

Voriax

 

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WOW that old really? Man that is old for a bullet, I think, not to mention really cool. Thanks guys for leting me in on the info about the bullet. This is for sure going into my collection of cool stuff.