Anyone know what these are?

[muskrat7387]

 

[Sully2]

Ahhhh...??....I'd say BULLETS?

 

[muskrat7387]

They mic out at .359 and way 139gr and feel like they are solid copper. Just curious if anyone knows what they might before.

 

[muskrat7387]

That thought never crossed my mind..

 

[Predator 22]

They mic out at .359 and way 139gr and feel like they are solid copper. Just curious if anyone knows what they might before.

I would bet they are for a gun of some sort! Sorry I couldn't resist. Try cutting one in half that will tell you what they are made of. How long are they?

 

[Gene]

R U sure they mike out at .359? They could be .357 mag pistol bullets. Triple cannelure looks like someone made them from a mold.

 

[bigedp51]

Cast bullets for .35 cal rifles, 38-55, 35 Rem, 358 Win, etc.

 

[CliffM]

If it wasn't for the weight I would say that they are for a 35 cal. BPCR, most likely a 35-40 Maynard, which is a 38-55 case sized down to 35 cal. If cast from most any lead alloy it should 200gr. +
Could be shot out of a pistol cartridge such as a .357 maximum in a TC Contender.
Not likely to be for a smokeless rifle, 35 Whelen, 35 Rem. due to the lack of a gas check.
Interesting

Cliff

 

[muskrat7387]

I haven't had a chance to cut one i n half yet. But they definitely are light and look as they have been poured in a mold. The gentleman that brought them to me wanted me to load them in a 357 mag case to shoot out of his 357 maximum. I just figured it wouldn't be a good idea. Any thoughts on loading them for it.his pistol is a ruger black hawk..thanks for your help

 

[Leslie Sapp]

Are they jacketed or just copper plated? I'm guessing the latter.
They may be for the old .38 S&W round, some of which ran a little big on bore size and took a .359 or .360 or sometimes even larger bullet and often was loaded with a 140-150 gr. cast lead bullet.

If you had a .35 cal. rifle that slugged out at .358, they'd make nice plinking/small game rounds. I shoot a 158 gr cast lead bullet over a charge of Unique out of my .35 rem. It makes a nice, cheap, light recoiling plinking round for the old lever action.

 

[Kennibear]

Back in the day some casters used a zinc alloy similar to Zamak to cast bullets. They were lighter by about 30% than lead and harder. As I recall the author shot the same bullet into a log three times recovering it with a knife and loading it again.
If they are quite hard that is probably what they are made of. Just dropping them into a solution of copper sulfate will copper plate the zinc.
Where did they come from originally?

KB

 

[J E Custom]

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They look like they are for Black powder cartridge rifles. Higher velocities and lube groove's would allow them to be shot in a cartridge using jacketed bullets with grease/lube grooves.

Just a guess

J E CUSTOM

 

[Leslie Sapp]

If the barrel in the blackhawk slugged out close to .358, they should be ok in it.

 

[LoneTraveler]

The length of the bullet nose makes me think they have been cast out of some material other than a lead based metal. My Lyman 357 Keith style mould bullets weighs around 150 gr. as cast out of wheel weight metal, The Keith design is a pistol mould with a short flat nose. These bullets may be to long to stabilize and give good accuracy in a pistol twist barrel. If they are crimped in the grove area like a pistol bullet will they fit the cylinder of a Black Hawk.? I wonder if someone cast them out of a light metal trying to get higher velocity out of a 35 Rem. or 35 Whelen.
Good Luck and Be Careful in this project.