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It is a fired late-1800s through 20th-Century bullet, made of "hardened lead." I think I see see that the bullet's body-groove has multiple tiny parallel short lines inside the groove. Need to clean the groove a bit better to be sure.

A "reeded" bullet-groove looks like you pressed the lined edge of a US dime into the groove. We diggers call that a "reeded" groove, bit bullet-manufacturers called it a reeded cannelure. A reeded groovet means the bullet is no earlier than about 1880. Absolutely no civil war bullets had a reeded groove. Being made of hardened-lead makes it statistically most likely that it was made in the 20th-Century. Bullets are still being made with "reeded" body-grooves today. See photo below for an example which is very similar to Worldtalker's find.
 

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TheCannonballGuy said:
It is a fired late-1800s through 20th-Century bullet, made of "hardened lead." If you extra-enlarge the photo, you'll see that the bullet's body-groove has multiple tiny parallel short lines inside the groove. (It looks like you pressed the lined edge of a US dime into the groove.) We diggers call that at "reeded" groove. Bulet manufacturers called it a reeded cannelure. It means the bullet is no earlier than about 1880. Being made of hardened-lead makes it statistically most likely that it was made in the 20th-Century. Bullets are still being made with "reeded" body-grooves today. See photo below for an example which is very similar to Worldtalker's find.
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Similar,but,no banana,no disrespect man,I have a lot of it for your knowledge.
 

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Okay, you're free to disagree, but I stand by my appraisal that it is a late-1880s (at the earliest) to 20th-Century bullet. Hopefully, we'll see what other "projectiles guys" like BosnMate, Nhbenz, and perhaps Pistol Pete have to say about your bullet.

Meanwhile... I am 100% certain it is not either of the two varieties of civil war .36 Savage bullet. Your bullet's base below the groove is too short to be one of those. Also, its nose-shape doesn't match them. Also, they are listed as being .380 and .388 in diameter (when unfired). Afterward, they are somewhere between .365 or a bit more, depending on the height of the rifling-marks.
 

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cannonball is right. But what exact info are you wanting on the bullet. Not arguing but you said you wanted info on that bullet. What do you think it is and maybe we can go from there. But it looks like a 20th c. bullet. Ive found hundreds of those and i throw them away when i see the reeded grooves.
 

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Bryanhashemi said:
cannonball is right. But what exact info are you wanting on the bullet. Not arguing but you said you wanted info on that bullet. What do you think it is and maybe we can go from there. But it looks like a 20th c. bullet. Ive found hundreds of those and i throw them away when i see the reeded grooves.
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Under magnification there is no evidence of reeding.
 

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I wonder how long it takes for a lead bullet to be covered in the white , 100 plus years?
 

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