Enfield Bullet?

[RiverRat3]

Found this bullet. It looks like an Enfield to me but was just wondering with the marks on the side. It appears to have been fired since the front of the bullet is gone. I think its to long to be a shotgun slug. Other Enfield's have been found in the area this was dug. Thanks for any help. HH

 

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[duggap]

Well it is not an enfield as it has at least two, and maybe three, rings. Definitely fired but I can't say for sure if it is civil war related or not. See if you can see any crimp marks in the groves. That would indicate a later made bullet.

 

[Iron Patch]

Well it is not an enfield as it has at least two, and maybe three, rings. Definitely fired but I can't say for sure if it is civil war related or not. See if you can see any crimp marks in the groves. That would indicate a later made bullet.

Are those grooves or scratches?

 

[DirtyMike]

For sure not an enfield.

 

[Monty]

Diameter? Monty

 

[RiverRat3]

Diameter? Monty

The diameter is 0.58 inches and weighs 30 grams.

 

[vayank54]

It looks like a 3 ringer. The nose was messed up by a bullet wormer. It was a threaded tool used to pull jammed bullets out of the guns. I'm not sure if the bullet was fired or if the rifling marks were made when the bullet was pulled out of the barrel. I've dug several wormed bullets with rifling marks on the side but am not sure why they were like that.

 

[RiverRat3]

It looks like a 3 ringer. The nose was messed up by a bullet wormer. It was a threaded tool used to pull jammed bullets out of the guns. I'm not sure if the bullet was fired or if the rifling marks were made when the bullet was pulled out of the barrel. I've dug several wormed bullets with rifling marks on the side but am not sure why they were like that.

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.