AMMO ID NEEDED

[West Jersey Detecting]

I have found these before and never gave them much thought. It seems like a large bullet, but as you can see the sides are not smooth.

Any experts?

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[backitup83]

It is a black powder conical bullet, the sides usually have a coating of wax or some other lube to aid in sliding down the barrel. No patch is needed, as the bullet fits tighter down the barrel, its a modern day bullets, buts I'm sure they had some version in the 1800's..

 

[La Beep]

Shotgun slug

 

[fortbball9]

It is a black powder conical bullet, the sides usually have a coating of wax or some other lube to aid in sliding down the barrel. No patch is needed, as the bullet fits tighter down the barrel, its a modern day bullets, buts I'm sure they had some version in the 1800's..

I think you nailed it right on the head backitup83,I do agree with you

fortbball9

 

[Buck Bagaw]

It's a contemporary conical black powder bullet manufactured by The Buffalo Bullet Co.

 

[Monty]

It is a lead swaged bullet with a "dry" lubricant to be exact. Monty