Bullet identification

I found this projectile the other day. Does anyone recognise this type of bullet and can ID it?

Don't think that's a projectile from a bullet mate.
Though I have been known to be wrong. :Y:

What makes you think that it is a projectile Treasureman?
Mackka

Mackka said:

What makes you think that it is a projectile Treasureman?
Mackka

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well its hollow on one end and typical bullet head on the other. and the patina on the lead indicates some age?

I would be thinking more of a weight for a plumbob. Pointy one end and hollow at the other end for the string.

Cheers

Doug

I don't think think it's bullet either. It would be about the same diameter as a .22 but there are no .22's I know of with a length of that thing. Plumb bob maybe as suggested by Rockhunter62

Mayby the weight for a pull through rifle cleaner. Too long for a bullet
Jim

could it be a detonator

treasureman said:

Mackka said:

What makes you think that it is a projectile Treasureman?
Mackka

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well its hollow on one end and typical bullet head on the other. and the patina on the lead indicates some age?

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Is it definitely lead? Heavy?

The weight on a pull through for cleaning rifle barrels are normally brass.

Cheers

Doug

More pics, down into the hollow end please.

Not a projectile that I know of, dont plumbobs have a point to the ground?

Could be a sash window counter weight, it sure is odd for its size and being lead very much doubt its a projectile.

Sorry guys maybe it isn't a bullet but first instance just the shape and the typical bullet characteristics to me thinking it was a weird bullet.

As you can see the bullet tip and the hollow end typical of a slug.

This larger thicker bullet I have next to it I also have not been able to identify

If you have some calipers, could you measure the diameter of both items for me please ?
Also the over all length of both items please ?

Slow twist on the larger one, deep grooves.

The other smaller one I cant see any rifling marks, but the item is very strange....

Years ago a company made a rifle called a .22 Extruder, very few were manufactured and sold by Myra, a Gunshop in Broken Hill
The owner was quite an experimenter and developed a forcing cone system to shoot a .22LR Rimfire projectile through a tapered bore barrel
and the resultant projectile was either .17 or .14 in diameter but very long, it was stabilized by the length and was quite accurate.
Very cheap .17 shooting, and the rifles are so rare that they are worth bigger money to collectors, unfortunately many were converted
back to standard .22LR Rimfire because they were not understood and the Extruder firearms were based upon good quality Rifles anyway.

This could end up interesting.

To me it looks an odd color, every other bullet casing appears more leaden in color, this looks like it has been painted and then affected by high iron oxidation.
Too small to be a sash window weight, I hope someone can positively identify it.
Is it definitely lead?

I would have thought that a bullet that size would have tumbled through the air rather than fly straight but I have been known to be wrong.
Mackka

Manpa said:

To me it looks an odd color, every other bullet casing appears more leaden in color, this looks like it has been painted and then affected by high iron oxidation.
Too small to be a sash window weight, I hope someone can positively identify it.
Is it definitely lead?

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I know what your saying there but I have found other old lead items that are very similar brownish patina on them. indicating age I would imagine and what is in the mineralisation.

100% lead. Rockhunter

ill get back to you Greenhornet about the dimentions

I wonder if it is an early lead wall anchor as it is hollow, I assume found near an early mine or farming site.
Drill hole, fit lead sleeve, hammer or screw in anchor.

I'd put my money on an early blasting cap, especially if it was found around a mining area.

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I'd put my money on an early blasting cap, especially if it was found around a mining area.

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yep have already said that to have seen some almost identical to that one

Not a lead wall plug, seen them, used them, found them.

I dont think it is a detonator because as I understand it, the lead would interact with the compound and be seriously sensitive to friction or pressure.
but it is still possible.

treasureman, did you clean the end out a little more ?