Bullet ID help

Paul Lawrence · Apr 23, 2012

Hello everyone

I recently purchased these 5 bullets that were advertised as Civil War Bullets. Can anyone help me, are they civil war and what type/name are the bullets?
Thank you so very much in advance for your help

Have a great day

Paul L

Historyprof · Apr 23, 2012

The bullet on the left is a typical Civil War three ring bullet. Probably Union and without measurements I am guessing .58 caliber.
Next appears to be a .54 caliber Burnside carbine bullet.
The next two I cannot identify.
The big one on the right end is a modern shotgun slug.

Paul Lawrence · Apr 23, 2012

Thank you, I appreciate the info. I guess I'll keep the first 2 and toss the rest out. Is there a way to tell if the first 2 are authentic?

Gandycreek · Apr 23, 2012

1st one looks like a .69 cal. 3 ringer, 3rd .577 enfield. 4th maybe a williams cleaner. Hard to tell from that picture. Need measurements to compare.

ole · Apr 23, 2012

Toss nothing out on the word of anyone. Keep them in your collection as "unidentified." You might have something special or you might have junk, but you could get lucky. After all, how much space do they take up?

Bob Owen · Apr 23, 2012

The last bullet is a pre-rifled Foster slug of the early 1900's variety to be fired from a smoothbore breech loading shotgun.

Tin cup · Apr 24, 2012

No. 4 looks like a Savage revolver bullet...http://thecivilwarlimberchest.com/Reamped Site/Bullets/Links/1262.htm

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Paul Lawrence

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ole

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Bob Owen

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