Possible Civil War Bullet need I.D.

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JmCraz8

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• Feb 26, 2012

• #1

Met up with a buddy today and we hunted a civil war skirmish site, I think it's a .39 cal but not sure, and not sure what its called, it was found the the Confederate side. I don't think you guys can see the rifling marks but there on it. Thanks

 

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Voriax

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• Feb 26, 2012

• #2

Accurate dimensions would be nice and do the pics lie but is it a jacketed bullet? Looks like it especially in the first pic. If it's jacketed then it's not CW bullet as they didn't really come into use until mid 1880's.

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karel

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Agree with Voriax and have to add. Would be daring to claim this bullet came from the Civil War era. Had been in use for much much longer time than 5 years.