Bullet ID
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Topic: Bullet ID
Posted By: Eville
Subject: Bullet ID
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 8:41pm
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My dad just handed me a steel bullet that he found near his house when he was a kid. It measures approximately 1.75" long and is .424" diameter. It is made entirely of steel. Anyone have any ideas what it could be from? Bullet in question is to the left of a 7.62x54  ------------- 
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 8:45pm
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take a picture,
is it just a bullet or is it a cartridge? are you sure its steel and not lead? (red rust vs white oxidation, magnet test) ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 9:01pm
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picture added to OP. It is most certainly steel. Sticks to a magnet very strongly and is even slightly magnetic its self.
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 11:14pm
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You should definitely make it a necklace, that'd be rad.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 11:43pm
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edit:
after some research, turns out there are a ton of old rifle rounds in 10.75mm from way back in the day. Berdan rifles, for example, were 10.75x58mm and were used by the Russians and the US military until replaced by the Mosin Nagant and Krag-Jorgensen rifles respectively. Mausers were also made in 10.75 at one point and calibers ranging from 10.75x42mm to 10.75x75mm exist in historical firearms. As to the availability and composition of the ammunition for these various calibers, I can't attest. However, it seems likely that it came from such a weapon. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 11:46pm
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yep, took the diameter measurement with a micrometer and my dad got the same thing when he did it. there arent any barrel markings on it, is it possible that it is the core from inside a larger bullets jacket?
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 11:47pm
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High Voltage wrote:Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 11:53pm
see my above edit.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 9:14am
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That's a hell of a round. I thought 7.62x54r where big. 10.75x58?? Jesus...
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 10:19am
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It could an old anti tank rifle bullet. They are usually around 12-13 mm in diameter. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 12:53pm
Note: I don't think it's an original bullet from that time period since it would have been much more "ball" shaped. If anything, it would be a custom load to fire in a 10.75mm mauser or 10.75mm military rifle. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |