Bullet Musketball ID

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I need assistance in IDing or at least dating these 2 bullets.
One was used maybe in the 1920s to shoot at some wheat pennies.
One wheat is 1920 but the other was shot twice. The date got it once, the other holed it.
It is either a 22 or a 25 cal rim fire.
I actually found a dropped round not to far from these 2 wheats so I am assuming this was the type of round used.
It has a P on it so I am assuming Peters.
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The other is a musketball. Can I get any info on this?
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Definitely not a musketball. Is that a hole in it?
 

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Definitely not a musketball. Is that a hole in it?
That is not a hole. It looks to be a casting sprue. There is a clear seam that is going around the ball from the cast mold.
I thought it came from a mold like this.
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These .690 balls are reproductions and have a similar look to mine. Molded from a scissor mold. They have the sprue and seam that mine has.
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Precise weight and diameter would help us ID it. It looks to be as big or bigger than the penny and that would make it .75 caliber or larger. I have to say that is the oddest sprue I have seen if it is a round ball.
 

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