✅ SOLVED 3 Ringer Bullet Experts - ID Help - Post-Civil War?

[ajaj]

 

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[ajaj]

Not sure why my text didn't show in the first post.

This was dug at a known Civil War training camp/firing range in mid-state NY. It's 27 mm in length and 11-13 mm wide (call it 12 mm). When dug it had a nice whitish patina, but it accidentally made it to my rock tumbler for clad finds (oops), hence the newish gray color. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

aj

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It appears to be a civil war era .54-caliber US 3-groove Minie-bullet -- unfired, but in rather beat-up condition. Unfired .54-caliber muzzleloader rifle bullets typically measured .52 to .53-inch in diameter, which matches your beat-up bullet's approximate measurement of 12mm to 13mm in diameter.

 

[ajaj]

Thank you so much for the info!

aj