Let's play guess that boolit

[osteodoc08]

171578

Was going through some boxes of my late fathers and found all kinds of brass, much of it new Starline as well as a few boolits and a bullet I couldn't identify. Going left to right.

1. This one was found washed up on GA clay after a hard rain at my parents first home in Austell, GA over 30 years ago. I had spotted it while playing. It weights 395gr and is 0.500-0.519 in diameter and 0.955" in height. It has a crudely cut groove in at the base and appears to be soft lead.

2. This one as well as #3 were in a USPS Tyvek bag in a Baggie of 50 each. Likely sent from a member here years ago before my fathers passing. He was involved with playing with a 32 WS for a few years before his passing among others. It is 175gr and is .325-.326" around. The height is 0.875".

3. 163gr .325-.326" diameter and 0.900" height.

4. 300gr solid appearing 0.458" diameter and 1.065" height. There were 20 or so of these in a grocery bag. I'm guessing perhaps a Barnes Solid or something for the 45/70.

#1 would be interesting to know its history, and what it was shot out of.
#2 and 3 if we could identify the mold and any specifics on them.

Thanks guys!

[TXGunNut]

#2 looks like a RD boolit. I sent some to somebody a few years back but I don't think it was your dad. I'm curious about #3 as well, looks like an old Lyman design.

[Wayne Smith]

Does #1 have a hollow base? #2 looks an awful lot like my Oldfeller Frankenstein for the 8x56R Steyr? #3 does look like a Lyman design, but I don't have the time to do the research to figure out which iteration of which one!

[osteodoc08]

# 1 does not have a hollow base. It's solid.

#2/3 I think would have been for 32 WS. This is the only thing he had that would fit this caliber.

[Green Frog]

#1 looks like it may be for one of the many bullets in 50 caliber used during the American Civil War. I use a similar one in my Maynard 1st Model (percussion) Carbine for skirmishing. There are similar bullets for Smith, Gallagher, Spencer, Sharps, and other CW carbines.

Froggie

[rintinglen]

#3 is almost certainly a 321-317, originally designed for the 32 Remington auto loaders and pump guns.

[jimkim]

171578

Was going through some boxes of my late fathers and found all kinds of brass, much of it new Starline as well as a few boolits and a bullet I couldn't identify. Going left to right.

1. This one was found washed up on GA clay after a hard rain at my parents first home in Austell, GA over 30 years ago. I had spotted it while playing. It weights 395gr and is 0.500-0.519 in diameter and 0.955" in height. It has a crudely cut groove in at the base and appears to be soft lead.

2. This one as well as #3 were in a USPS Tyvek bag in a Baggie of 50 each. Likely sent from a member here years ago before my fathers passing. He was involved with playing with a 32 WS for a few years before his passing among others. It is 175gr and is .325-.326" around. The height is 0.875".

3. 163gr .325-.326" diameter and 0.900" height.

4. 300gr solid appearing 0.458" diameter and 1.065" height. There were 20 or so of these in a grocery bag. I'm guessing perhaps a Barnes Solid or something for the 45/70.

#1 would be interesting to know its history, and what it was shot out of.
#2 and 3 if we could identify the mold and any specifics on them.

Thanks guys!
I believe number two is a Ranch Dog bullet.

http://www.ranchdogoutdoors.com/bin/TLC323180RF/bullet/sketch.jpg

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[dkf]

#4 looks like a 300gr frangible bullet for 45/70, probably from sinterfire. Guys use them in .458socom also. They are made from a compressed copper/tin powder and sintered to bind. If you smack it with a hammer chunks should break off.

[osteodoc08]

#4 looks like a 300gr frangible bullet for 45/70, probably from sinterfire. Guys use them in .458socom also. They are made from a compressed copper/tin powder and sintered to bind. If you smack it with a hammer chunks should break off.

Will try that.