NEED HELP TO ID SOME CIVIL WAR BULLETS & ROUND BALLS (ALL OPINIONS WELCOME)

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I FOUND THESE IN NEPA AND I'AM NOT SURE IF THESE ARE FROM THE CIVIL WAR OR FROM LATE 1800 OR THE ROUND ONES ARE MUSKET BALLS. ANY HELP WOULD BE WELCOME THANK YOU SO MUCH RICH

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I will give it a shot. I'm guessing #1 is a 45-70 405gr. #2 # 3 9mm pistol slugs. #4 9mm or 38 pistol. #5 & 6 44 cal. round balls for pistol.
The 45-70 first appeared in 1873, still loaded today. 9mm the late 1890's to present. .38 1880 to present. The round balls could date 1840-1920 period. Nice finds
 

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The 45-70 bullet is fairly old because of the conical base which was used primarily for black powder...as smokeless powder was developed the conical base was discontinued...if you have a strong magnifying glass for the .44 pistol balls you can tell if they have fired or not by rifling marks as they didn't patch them..
 

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