Strange Looking Stretched Bullet

[Dharmacy]

Here's another one from the pile. Not sure exactly how this happened, but this one got stretched! I placed a normal dropped three ringer next to it to show the difference.

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[fyrffytr1]

Now that is just weird!

 

[ivan salis]

squashed clearly --smashed by a wagon wheel or other large heavy item?

 

[Digger70pa]

Maybe he rolled it out on something.

 

[Dharmacy]

I have been sitting here and looking at it and I am leaning towards it being heated almost to the point of melting and deformed as it cooled.

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[Davers]

We need the 'Myth-Busters' on this one.

I have been sitting here and looking at it and I am leaning towards it being heated almost to the point of melting and deformed as it cooled.

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Or someone to try an experiment with a wagon wheel or heat etc.

Is it still rounded above the rings?

If so what caliber is it now?

Maybe a dumb ?

I do like the piece tho.

 

[Dharmacy]

Or someone to try an experiment with a wagon wheel or heat etc.

Is it still rounded above the rings?

If so what caliber is it now?

Maybe a dumb ?

I do like the piece tho.

Even though it looks flattened in the pic, it is still rounded and shows no sign of any carving, manipulation, etc. That's what makes me think it was maybe laying close to a fire and got hot enough to distort it, but not really melt it. This one was recovered around the Burnt Hickory area near Kennesaw Mt.

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