Two more for I.d. Please.

[AndyK]

Thanks to members for previous help identifying a metal detecting find. Here are two more:
Seem to be same calibre although found miles apart. Using only a ruler the diameter is a fraction
over half an inch. The longer of the 2 rounds weighs 580gns and the other 452gns.
Any idea of age or weapon these may be from.
Andyk

 

[justin]

Andy,
The left hand bullet would seem to be a P53 Enfield muzzle loaded bullet, although the weight is admitedly a little too high. The cavity should be conical, rather than a truncated cone of later varients which were designed to accept a wooden and later a clay plug. This version is the earliest, known as the Pritchett bullet. The bullet on the right looks to be for a Snider, the rifle adapted from the P53, to fire a breech loaded cartridge. With 3 cannelures it is likely to be the mkIII, IV or IX. The nose cavity isn't visible in the image (suggesting it may be a mk IX), nor is the base cavity stamp - it may be that the clay plug is still present, but I can't really see this clearly in the image. P53 Pritchett bullet 1854 to 1855, Snider mkIX circa 1871.