Pistol bullet?

[Duane Pringle]

Dug this at my usual site today never dug this bullet it has a hollow base. Does anyone know what it is? Here it is next to a penny.

 

[MRB1863]

Nice find! Hello and welcome from 35 miles north of Gettysburg!

 

[Duane Pringle]

Hello there I am sending a pic of the pistol

bullet found today on left and what I usually find on the right looks to be the same caliber just never found one with hollow base.

 

[mofederal]

Nice finds. Thank you for posting them.

 

[Gandycreek]

Nice find, just wondering why you posted it under "New Recruits" meet and greet.

 

[UCVRelics]

Nice. If you would in the future post these type items over at the Weapons & Ammo forum we can take a look and get a lot better response. Plus if you could post a photo of the base it would be helpful.

 

[UCVRelics]

@bdtex if you would be so kind as to move this over to the Weapons & Ammo forum I would appreciate it.

 

[Duane Pringle]

Yep sorry about that Dont post alot and forget were I should post items. So have any of you come across hollow base civil war pistol bullets?

 

[alan polk]

I agree that better pictures of the base should be posted. From the pictures shown, it looks as if it could be a modern fishing weight as much as any pistol bullet.

 

[UCVRelics]

Yep sorry about that Dont post alot and forget were I should post items. So have any of you come across hollow base civil war pistol bullets?

If you could post a photo of the base it would really help in determining what it is.

 

[Duane Pringle]

ok here us a pics of side,bottom and top there is no hole through it and I have found several pistol bullets in the vicinity of this one but this is the only one like this. This field has been a gold mind for dropped bullets 69s 58s and 54 calibers plus pistol bullets.

 

[tbuckley]

Maybe a picket bullet for a rifle about .38 caliber and not a pistol bullet.

 

[Duane Pringle]

Hmmm could be its the only one so far found like that out of a 100 or so bullets dug out of this field this battle was a very early battle.

 

[Jobe Holiday]

It almost reminds me of a Volcanic Rocket Ball!
J.

 

[UCVRelics]

It does appear to be a picket bullet of some sort.

 

[Duane Pringle]

That is what I am thinking now!

 

[pringmaster]

Could it be the bottom part of a Shaler Bullet?

 

[tbuckley]

The Shaler was .58 caliber and this appears to be a bit larger than .36.

 

[JOHN42768]

Could it be the bottom part of a Shaler Bullet?

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