Stretched bullet question, what weapon fired them

rebed19th

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I also like to collect unusual bullets and I have a few examples of what have become known as "stretchies. The were fully cast bullets that were fired thru a weapon of a different caliber than what the bullet was designed to be fired from. I am looking for any answers as to what weapon would have fired these bullets. I have added the pics of 3 bullets that were fired and can be identified. I have matched the example with a fired and unfired. The first pic really has most of my interest as it is 6 sided.There are no raised marks or grooves. The other 3 examples are all round in shape after firing.

pic #1 fired mics at 49.6 and weighs .0914
pic #2 Unfired Sharps mics at 53.9 fired mics at 50.2
pic #3 Unfired High base Sharps mics at 54.2 fired mics at 51.3
pic#4 Unfired 3 ringer mics at 57.5 fired mics at 52.1

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The Whitworth is very distinctive. At Chickamauga, Colt rifles were fired using oversized bullets. Improbably, they fixed bayonets to keep the muzzle from splitting. I would like to hear from someone knowledgable on this topic as to how an oversized bullet was forced into the muzzle, let alone rammed.
 
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