Unknown English Bullet

[steveparker10]

I found this bullet in the River bank in Ironbridge, Shropshire UK, but can't find anything that looks similar...



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[ironhorse]

Most of those types of bullets are .577 caliber and were used in Snider and Snider -Enfield rifles

 

[steveparker10]

Thanks. How old would they be?

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[TheCannonballGuy]

It is a British .577-caliber Snider-Enfield bullet, used from 1866 into the late-1800s. Many of these bullets have been dug in Canada, and a (very) few in the US, which has caused some diggers to think they are a "4-ring/groove Minie bullet" from the American civil war, but they are definitely from no earlier than 1866.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snider–Enfield

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap, & yours has the red clay insert. Found lots of this type at a firing range (19th C).