.45 cal civil war carbine bullet?

[parsonwalker]

Found this near Cold harbor today where I've found many CW bullets and shell fragments. Flat base, appears to have three rings? Or 2 rings and the impact mashed the bullet to make it appear to have 3?? Looks like an impact Sharps to me. But did Sharps have a .44 or .45? help?

 

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[BosnMate]

.44 was a civil war pistol bullet, and yours doesn't look like one of those. The 45-70 didn't come along until 1873. I know the 1859 Sharp's fired a .54 caliber bullet, and I don't think there was a .45 that far back.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Despite being a civil war bullet digger and for over 35 years, I do not recognize that bullet as being a civil war era (or earlier) bullet.

It is from a metallic cartridge, because you can see the shallow, very narrow "crimp groove" made by the casing's lip, just above the bullet's base.

Having "bore-lubrication grooves" on the lead (not metal-jacketed) bullet's body indicates it is pre-1900. That fact, in combination with the other two mentioned above, indicate to me that it is from approximately 1870 to near the end of that century.

Need super-precise measurement of its diameter (in hundredths-of-an-inch), made with a digital Caliper gripped around the bullet's middle, and measured at more than one spot on the middle. (Being a fired bullet, we'll have to calculate the average of several measurements.)

 

[parsonwalker]

Sounds right to me. Appreciate the input!