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Silversmith45 · Sep 24, 2017

When I first saw this in the hole I thought that it was some kind of a rifle cartridge. Upon removing it I saw that it was heavy what appears to be solid brass. I found it where there used to be a housing development during WWII. As you can see part of it wasn't brass and has almost rusted away. Any ideas?

DiggerMD · Sep 24, 2017

With the top being mushroomed like it is I would go with an old chisel of some sort.

If it has a hollow spot through the the center it could be an old "pea shooter" a trim carpenter would use them to put small trim nails in tight spots

ThommyParham · Oct 18, 2018

Silversmith45 said:
When I first saw this in the hole I thought that it was some kind of a rifle cartridge. Upon removing it I saw that it was heavy what appears to be solid brass. I found it where there used to be a housing development during WWII. As you can see part of it wasn't brass and has almost rusted away. Any ideas?
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It's an Oiler for a rifle. Sometimes they went into a trap door in the buttstock.

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