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[Quick draw mcgraw]

Is this a musket ball?

 

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[trikikiwi]

It has the appearance of a musket ball, that hasn't been 'cleaned up' with the mold seam and the sprue.

It doesn't look that old by the oxidation state, but that can depend on the soil the lead has laid in.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

If it is, it was made in a really bad mold, that seam line around it and the HUGE sprue would make it pretty much useless as a bullet unless it was trimmed really well. I'd be inclined to think it's a home made split shot fishing sinker that for whatever reason never got split. If you can get ahold of a digital caliper and post a measurement in 100ths of an inch that will tell us if it's the right size to have been a projectile.

 

[bradyboy]

fishing split sinker?
Brady

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Is it lead?

I'd go for buckshot from a crude mold, but that ball is too large for buckshot. Maybe slingshot ammo? Another possibility is revolver/pistol ball - as when they are loaded the flange would be smoothed away.

If it's iron maybe some kind of canister shot? Don't know if that was ever so small.

 

[Got_4by4]

It's the tip off of a fence topper like the one shown as "I".
Wrought Iron Fences | Adams Street Iron

 

[gordonquixote]

^Wow...looks good to me!

 

[sutphin]

MY SAY IS THAT ITS A DAMN MUSKET BALL.................................................WELL MAYBE ,JUST MAYBE A LITTLE TEENY BIT.

 

[jwarner51]

I'd agree with Sutphin....it's a damn musket ball😂

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks to be a badly cast musket ball!

 

[NOLA_Ken]

What's it made of?

 

[Davers]

IMO
It look's to be Lead , =A badly cast ball or not "Cleaned Up"

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Also, based on my highly scientific "holding a ruler up to the screen" it appears to be about 0.42" (42 caliber). Proper muskets don't start until about 0.62" or so.

Maybe a .36 pistol or .44 cal rifle ball? Unless it's iron.