✅ SOLVED What shoots this bullet?

[nigelrex]

Gained new permission on a new site the other day and took an initial poke around yesterday. Planning to do electrolysis on a couple of items to determine their identity. Meantime, my son and I did dig up this bullet near a little creek. THe owner thinks it dates to around 1900. I am curious to hear thoughts on age and gun match.

Thanks

 

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[Tony in SC]

A measurement would help, but it has the shape of a 45 acp?

 

[capsmith]

45 auto,,best I can tell

 

[nigelrex]

First picture is the bullet laying on top of a quarter.

 

[nigelrex]

More bullet pictures

Here are additional pics of the bullet.

 

[Older The Better]

Maybe these will help if you still aren’t sold on it being a .45 ... the two at the end I put the slug back into an empty casing (dug separately). As far as what gun it’s hard to say anything that shoots a .45. I’m still just learning about this stuff myself so I may be corrected but I think .45’s like this were first made in the early 1900’s around 1920 give or take.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Yep. .45 ACP FMJ by all appearances.

What shoots it are things like Colt 1911, Thompson M1928 machine pistols, US M3 machine pistol, Glock 30 & 36, Marlin Camp Carbine, S&W M1917, M25 and M625, etc.

 

[nigelrex]

Yep, this is it. Great background. Thanks!

 

[nigelrex]

Great info - thanks

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Def a 45 acp round. That one is in good enough condition you could reload it and shoot it again.