✅ SOLVED My first minnie ball?

[SemperFidelis]

Found in a farmers field… Farm dates back to the 1700s… Not sure if this is a bullet or not but it is solid lead and looks to have rifling marks around the butt of the bullet… Any information is appreciated!

 

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[tennessee digger]

It is indeed a bullet but it is considered modern by today's standards. Sorry, but not a civil war bullet. Tennessee digger

 

[SemperFidelis]

Thank you Tennessee Digger! I am happy to have found my first "old" bullet none-the-less… Any idea as to how old this may be?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It is called a "Maxi-Ball," made for blackpowder rifle shooters/hunters, from the second half of the 20th-Century and still being sold today. See photos below. The waxy yellow stuff in the body-grooves is bore lubricant, which as you see, comes already applied on these bullets when you buy them at a gunstore instead of casting them yourself in a Lyman (modern-made) bulletmold.

As photo #3 shows, there are several body-styles of Maxi-Ball.

And yes, the name is a deliberate play on the old Minie-ball name.

 

[SemperFidelis]

Wow! You guys are awesome! Thank you VERY much for taking the time and effort to find and explain that to me! MUCH appreciated!