3 Ring Bullet found - Help ID-ing Appreciated...
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Digger_O'Dell
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I'm not a CW bullet expert either by any means, but all the videos I've watched and articles I've read indicate that the 3 ringers are indeed CW era. Looks like you have an unfired 60 caliber round, which was a common size in that time.
fyrffytr1
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I think Digger may have hit the wrong key when he IDed your bullet as a 60 caliber. I think he may have meant to say it was a 69 caliber. I have a couple CS 69s and somewhere in my stuff there are a few US ones but I can't put my hands on the US ones right this minute. MY CS 69 weighs 47.17 grams or 727.8 grains. It is 1.097"s long and .68"s in diameter. I am using digital calipers and a reloader's digital scale so I can tell what the measurements are. I'll confess that I am not very good at reading the analog calipers but I think your bullet measures out almost the same as mine.
69 calibers are not as plentiful as the 54 and 58s so yours is a good find. And, yes I agree that it is a civil war era bullet and probably early on as the 54 and 58 replaced the 69 during the war. Keep hunting that site as there may be more there.
69 calibers are not as plentiful as the 54 and 58s so yours is a good find. And, yes I agree that it is a civil war era bullet and probably early on as the 54 and 58 replaced the 69 during the war. Keep hunting that site as there may be more there.
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Full Metal Digger
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Beautiful bullet Denny! Congrats and HH, Dave.
Digger_O'Dell
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I misread the calipers on my small screen, made it look like about. 600, or a 60 cal in general terms (.58 or .62). Without an actual micrometer in hand it would be difficult to read from a photo. But very good info, thanks for the follow up!
