Bullet find from 1870-1940 area

Dimeman

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Dug this from a gun club area 1870-1940 time. Competition shooting matches at an 8 foot mound of dirt---which the dirt is now spread over 1 1/2 acres.
Been finding 30-06, 308, older 223 and older 273 lead

This is the 1st one like this I dug up....... no calipers to get the exact measurments.... :(
Somebody must have dug one of these up.......

What is this one?????
 

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Comparing your fired bullet's diameter at its undamaged base with the 17.9mm diameter of a US dime... you've got a Long-model .22-caliber rifle bullet, from sometime between approximately the late-1800s to the mid 20th-century.

Edit: Broken Knee types faster than I do. ;-)
 

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TheCannonballGuy said:
Comparing your fired bullet's diameter at its undamaged base with the 17.9mm diameter of a US dime... you've got a Long-model .22-caliber rifle bullet, from sometime between approximately the late-1800s to the mid 20th-century.

Edit: Broken Knee types faster than I do. ;-)

Thank you !!!!! :icon_thumleft:
 

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