✅ SOLVED Bullet ID help

[diggermt]

hi found I found this bullet hunting a school that was built in 1953 was really surprised when I dug it as I have never found any off this type here in eastern montana thus I have no idea wat it is bullet od is jest under 1/2 inch length jest over 1 inch and 1 oz in weight I am new at detecting so don't have a lot off experience with this type of bullet and wat something like this would be doing here in montana as when I whent on line looks like most off them come from way east of here

 

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[pistol-pete]

Could be a 45-70? Need dia. in thousands of an inch and and weight in grains to ID proerly

 

[d2]

It may be from the later 1800's after the Civil War. Maybe a 45-70 or 50-90 or some other such lever gun. Just a guess...d2

 

[BosnMate]

My first guess is 45-70. 1870's army was .45 caliber, 405 grain bullet. Later on bullet weights varied. According to Google, one oz = 437.5 grains. So without exact measurements, .45 is almost 1/2 inch, and 405 grains is just about an oz. Now that's a SWAG if I ever heard one. (SWAG = scientific wild azzed guess)

 

[powrsurg]

Could you put it next to a penny or something? I shoot a modern 40-70 and that doesn't look big enough.

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[powrsurg]

Could you put it next to a penny or something? I shoot a modern 40-70 and that doesn't look big enough.

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Correction, I shoot a modern 45-70.

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