Is it a Whitworth Bullet??

[zaxfire69]

I was out digging the other day. Same place I dug a ton of 3 ringers and a few eagle buttons. I dug this bullet and thought it was just another bullet. Well I got home and cleaned it and right away noticed it wasn't normal. The bullet appears to be fired. The bullet is shaped like a hexagon. It is around an inch long give or take. Around .45 caliber give or take. I don't have a caliper so I'm not 100% sure. It looks like the pictures online I see. I just need some more opinions. Here are the pictures.

 

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[turtlefoot13]

Bullets this old are way out of my comfort range. Here is a good link about the rifle though. Hopefully it will get you started.

Have a good one!
Doug

http://johno.myiglou.com/whitworth.htm

 

[allan]

Can you weigh it? link says it weighs 540

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Zaxfire69 wrote:
> Is it a Whitworth bullet?

First... your bullet is too short to be a Whitworth bullet -- which is typically 1.30 to 1.43 inches long. The rammer-mark on your bullet's nose did not subtract .3-inch (or more) from its length.

Second... close inspection shows your bullet has 6-groove rifling marks on it. The Whitworth rifle's bore was hexagonal -- it did not actually have grooves.

Having absolutely excluded the Whitworth as a possibility, to figure out what type of bullet it is, we need precise length and diameter measurements.

 

[cruzybri69]

whitworth bullets.

Zaxfire69 wrote:
> Is it a Whitworth bullet?

First... your bullet is too short to be a Whitworth bullet -- which is typically 1.30 to 1.43 inches long. The rammer-mark on your bullet's nose did not subtract .3-inch (or more) from its length.

Second... close inspection shows your bullet has 6-groove rifling marks on it. The Whitworth rifle's bore was hexagonal -- it did not actually have grooves.

Having absolutely excluded the Whitworth as a possibility, to figure out what type of bullet it is, we need precise length and diameter measurements.

we found 24 in one week of digging in north Florida. I was using the golden mask 1+ also minelab

 

[cruzybri69]

 

[duggap]

I have dug two fired ones, but you have three drops. Just doesn't seem right.

 

[cruzybri69]

LOL. I DID FIND 24 THAT WEEK A LONE ;-)

 

[cruzybri69]

LOL. I DID FIND 24 THAT WEEK A LONE ;-)

 

[cruzybri69]

ONLY 20 THERE LOL BUT I DO HAVE THE OTHER 4, THE OTHER TWO ARE ENFIELDS

 

[duggap]

I was looking at the North South Trader Price Guide, but only saw the hexagonial. It was 200 to 250. Not sure about yours but they are not cheap. Congratulation, I am definitely jealous.

 

[cruzybri69]

I was looking at the North South Trader Price Guide, but only saw the hexagonial. It was 200 to 250. Not sure about yours but they are not cheap. Congratulation, I am definitely jealous.

thanks for the info, i do believe they go for around 200-300 maybe more on a good day.