buckshot?

[donkarlos]

Found in sand. Near each other. One appears to been shot but the others arent perfectly round - have many slightly flat sides to them.

 

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[BosnMate]

They look like buckshot, but it's hard to relate the size in the photo, and they seem to be a little large even for 00. I'd put my money on buckshot until someone comes up with something better.

 

[austin]

I think they are small lead sinkers called split-shots. They have that little crease in them that when new, you would slip your line in and pinch it closed.

 

[sonofadigger]

yeah they look like split shots to me too

 

[donkarlos]

I know about split-shots and these are not. The one you see has a little mark I know but its just the surface. These are some kind of bullet

 

[donkarlos]

They do seem too big for 00 buckshot, yet too small for modern blackpowder. They were all within a few foot circle as if they had been shot into the sand dune.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Home made split shots. JMO

 

[NOLA_Ken]

could be triple aught buck, it's not very common, but it is out there. if you can get an accurate measurement of one in the least deformed spot I can tell you for sure if it is or not. triple aught will be around .36 cal

 

[taz42o]

With all those flat spots I dont think they were fired from a gun . Maybe shot from dive weights.?

 

[Grizzly13]

Triple ooo , I've dropped many of deer and sand dunes with it !

 

[donkarlos]

I'll buy that - tripple 000. Makes sense

 

[Swartzie]

The furthest one on the right looks like it has a flat spot where the sprue tip was cut off. If not buckshot they could be pistol balls.
-Swartzie

 

[BosnMate]

The furthest one on the right looks like it has a flat spot where the sprue tip was cut off. If not buckshot they could be pistol balls.
-Swartzie

Yes, and you can see the mold ring from when it was cast. Buckshot is swaged, home made pistol balls are cast in a bullet mold, the spru is cut off and they leave a ring where the mold came together. I agree, probably .36 cal pistol bullets for a cap and ball revolver.

 

[donkarlos]

Yes, and you can see the mold ring from when it was cast. Buckshot is swaged, home made pistol balls are cast in a bullet mold, the spru is cut off and they leave a ring where the mold came together. I agree, probably .36 cal pistol bullets for a cap and ball revolver.

Ok, now this is interesting again. Yes they appear more hand made than not (mold rings, etc). But probably done by some modern black powder fan, I suppose, because they don't look very old -no lead oxide and whatnot. They were in pure sand but would still be subject to rains and weather. So would they be 36 caliber? I should measure..

 

[truckinbutch]

Tripple o buck is commonly available in the boiler maker trade . They use it for clinker removal in power plant boiler tubes to avoid more costly repairs .

 

[Metal.detective]

I've got a pistol shot I found with the nub still on it. It looks like these. I think you have a pistol shot here. I agree they do not look like fishing split shot.

 

[donkarlos]

On one of the better ones I can make out a mold ring all the way around..and along that ring are four flat marks evenly spaced out, making four 'sides' if you will. Then there seems to be a flat mark on the top and on the bottom. The others resemble this pattern as well but is harder to make out. Not sure if this helps..