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stash of lee enfield 1880s rounds
roy1954  
Posted : Thursday, 28 February 2013 5:52:19 PM(UTC)
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hi all,had a great hunt today 12 lee enfield rounds all within 2 mts of each other all in different holes i thought the pistol rounds were lead head nails but no all bullets,also a 1908 shilling but its got the hard to remove grey covering on it witch only electrolsis seems to shift.must have come across a old range of some kind,probably police volunteers.looking now for a musket ball mould,tried before but never found one,cheers roy
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Posted : Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:45:43 PM(UTC)
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P53 enfield rounds maybe? no lubrication rings. Do they weigh around 30 grammes? 1850s 1860s my guess. love those old bullets.
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Posted : Tuesday, 12 March 2013 11:27:37 AM(UTC)
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I have had the same thing... I wonder if we were in the same spot!
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oroplata  
Posted : Tuesday, 12 March 2013 12:00:01 PM(UTC)
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I once pulled about 25 out of one hole between the golf club and bot gardens, fairly close to the settlers memorial.

No rings.

33g. That would hurt.
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Posted : Tuesday, 12 March 2013 1:12:57 PM(UTC)
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Those lead bullets are all over the country I think.
I have found plenty in Auckland.
Some I have are un fired and complete with the small wood compression plug in the back.

"The Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket was a .577 calibre muzzle-loading rifle-musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867. The same muskets were used in New Zealand during the Land Wars between the Maori's and the English between 1843 and the early 1900's." ex Wikipedia

Unfortunate NZ history relics.

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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Tuesday, 12 March 2013 1:21:06 PM(UTC)
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What is the diameter of the rifle bullets?
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Posted : Tuesday, 12 March 2013 5:18:11 PM(UTC)
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the durham light infantry saw some action over here in 1868 they would have used that ammo im guesing
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asterix  
Posted : Friday, 15 March 2013 10:06:25 PM(UTC)
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Heres a link to one i found a few years ago,slightly predates the ones you've found,and they're not too common as the army only used them for a couple of years.

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/u...roduct=21283&cat=270
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Posted : Friday, 15 March 2013 11:15:48 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Lammerlaw Go to Quoted Post


What is the diameter of the rifle bullets?


About 14.51mm = 0.57"

It appears they are called "Minie balls"

http://www.s1kilwinning....et-and-minie-balls-.html

This guy sells loads of different ones. There's a couple on this page that look similar but the one I found intact have almost spherical fronts rather than a cone-shape.

Also the inner cavity is a truncated-cone shape.

http://www.tennesseelead.com/page-three.html

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