Another bullet ID

[Jokermark]

Found in a park east of Kansas City, some civil war battles near by but not sure. Lexington is not far away. It does have rifling on it..
Any help would be great!

 

[Tin cup]

Can you give us a length, and diameter?

Kevin Dally

 

[Jokermark]

length 0.590
Diam .314

 

[mikekj]

Probably a .30-30 hunting round. Cartridge rifle.

 

[Old Hickory]

No, most likely a .32WCF, (.32-20) or similar cartridge gun bullet from the late 1800's.

 

[Jokermark]

Thanks a bunch!

 

[John Winn]

No, most likely a .32WCF, (.32-20) or similar cartridge gun bullet from the late 1800's.

Yeah, exactly what I'd have guessed (i.e. relatively modern .32). Just to be a pedant PITA I have to point out that one can still buy .32-20 ammo and I have a S&W revolver in that caliber made in the 1920s (and I also have to reference Robert Johnson's 1936 .32-20 blues as that was my reason for buying said revolver in 1968)). So the bullet shown could be much later than the 1880s.

As to the .32-20, it was one of several popular cartridges that fit both rifles and revolvers which was a selling point as one could have a rifle and a side arm that used the same ammunition.

 

[Old Hickory]

Very true, John. I never owned a .32WCF myself, but have a mold for making the bullets, size them down slightly for .30 rifle plinking loads. The .32WCF is actually a .31 and the cast lead bullets work very well for .30/06 low velocity low noise plinking or pest control bullets at moderate ranges.