old bullet

[mlsbrian]

Just wondering if anyone can provide some info/age on this bullet I found today. Diameter measures approx. 0.58" and was found in Alberta, Canada.

 

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[pistol-pete]

Not very old with the rolled cannelure

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your mystery bullet is a late-1860s/early-1870s Snider-Enfield .577 Rifle bullet, made in Britain, and used in Canada by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snider–Enfield

 

[mlsbrian]

Awesome, thanks so much! For the area this was in, it easily pre-dates anything else I've previously found.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

With bullets - knowing what it was from does not guarantee when it was from.

You could still buy paper patched loaded .577 Snider ammo from Old Dominion Cartridge Co (Montreal) into the 1920's.