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Title: Possible Kammerlader bullet found
Post by: GeoDiggerMike on 23. August 2007 kl. 18:28:36
Please help identify this bullet if anyone knows what weapon it may have been fired from.  It measures .69 cal. in diameter (17.5mm) and is about 1 inch long (25-26mm).  The bullet was found while metal detecting in a town site in South Mississippi, USA that dates around 1810-1880's.  Thanks for any help you might provide. The base is flat.  

There is visible flashing at the base, from whn it was cast.

thanks!!  GeoDiggerMike

Picture of bullet (http://www.troycustomdetectors.com/pics/Austrian_bullet1.jpg)
Title: Possible Kammerlader bullet found
Post by: Øyvind F. on 23. August 2007 kl. 19:47:20
It is not from the Norwegian kammerlader. The kammerlader bullet looks like this:

(http://www.forum.svartkrutt.net/images/uploaded/image596.jpg)

I have seen that bullet somewhere before, but I cannot remember exactly right now.
Title: Thanks for your help..
Post by: GeoDiggerMike on 28. August 2007 kl. 13:47:34
Thanks for the help.  Please let me know if you find anything about this bullet..  By the way, I just got back from Tromso 2 weeks ago.  

GO TIL!!!

GeoDiggerMike
Title: Possible Kammerlader bullet found
Post by: tommy303 on 29. August 2007 kl. 22:54:46
It rather reminds me of bullets for the French carabine a tige or pillar breech rifle, numbers of which were bought by Marcellus Hartley in Europe for importation to the North during the American Civil War.