Civil War bullet ID

[darktower007]

What are these things sticking out of the top and a hook feature at the bottom?



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[SkaBa]

Sprue?

 

[nhbenz]

I'm just guessing for fun, as I know Very little about such things (I haven't got one right yet): Type 2 Williams cleaner? It looks like they put a hook on there to pull a rag through?
... the gun guys will probably laugh at how far off I am.
They may (or may not) need the diameter, as exact as possible.

 

[callicles]

Wow!! That is neat. It looks like a soldier was trying to make something functional. For example, I could see that being used as a fishing weight. Nice find!!

 

[darktower007]

Thanks for the input folks!


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[Chiltepin]

Looks like someone turned ammo into a fishing weight.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The bullet's basic ID is an unfired civil war yankee-made .58-caliber Minie bullet for use in a Springfield Rifle. It is commonly called a "3-ringer" but actually what we see are grooves (indented), not rings (which project out from a surface, like a ring on a finger). It has been "modified" for some other purpose, most likely as a fishing-weight, which Callicles and Chiltepin have already suggested.

For certainty, though, please clean the dirt off it and post some additional closeup photos, shot from different angles.

I'm curious about what is projecting from the bullet's nose. Is the loop in the bullet's base made of lead, or of iron? I'm thinking maybe the nose projection is the end of an iron square-nail which was driven through the bullet, and the nail's other end was bent over to form a loop. (Soldiers with a need in the field can be amazingly inventive at constructiing what is needed.)

 

[darktower007]

The bullet's basic ID is an unfired civil war yankee-made .58-caliber Minie bullet for use in a Springfield Rifle. It is commonly called a "3-ringer" but actually what we see are grooves (indented), not rings (which project out from a surface, like a ring on a finger). It has been "modified" for some other purpose, most likely as a fishing-weight, which Callicles and Chiltepin have already suggested.

For certainty, though, please clean the dirt off it and post some additional closeup photos, shot from different angles.

I'm curious about what is projecting from the bullet's nose. Is the loop in the bullet's base made of lead, or of iron? I'm thinking maybe the nose projection is the end of an iron square-nail which was driven through the bullet, and the nail's other end was bent over to form a loop. (Soldiers with a need in the field can be amazingly inventive at constructiing what is needed.)

Okay I’ll get it cleaned up and post a pic soon... thanks!


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