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kupa8892

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• Sep 6, 2013

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i was detecting on Naval air station Pensacola and i found this lodged in a piece of wood. I think it is a bullet, but I am not sure. its about an inch and a half long .

 

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• Sep 6, 2013

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Yep, it is a modern fired bullet, but I am not sure it is military.

 

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• Sep 6, 2013

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Looks to me like maybe a 50 cal. Here's an image for size reference.

 

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• Sep 6, 2013

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To my eyes (and based on the size compared to the fingers) that looks smaller than a .50 cal. I'd guess .30 caliber full metal jacket. Could be military, could not.

 

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.30-03

yellowk9 said:

To my eyes (and based on the size compared to the fingers) that looks smaller than a .50 cal. I'd guess .30 caliber full metal jacket. Could be military, could not.

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I looked some up on line and there is a .30-03 government

 

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here one is

kupa8892 said:

I looked some up on line and there is a .30-03 government

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i found this online kinda looks like it

 

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• Sep 6, 2013

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Not a 50 cal for sure. Without knowing the dimentions very hard to guess. Could be a 30-06 or anything. For sure a rifle or machine gun bullet but NO idea what it came from.

 

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• Sep 6, 2013

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There are several .30 caliber (7.62 mm) military rounds. The 30-06 and then the .308 used to be standard military rounds before 60's. They are also common in civilian use. I wouldn't research it too hard because there are probably millions of these things out there. It's still cool to find any bullet in my opinion