id help on some lead projectiles

[leeski]

have used a pound coin to help with size they are 14mm across and 25mm in lenth some have a wood piece inside

 

[mannra]

They appear to be smooth bore rifle ammunition. Possibly developed by Delvigne (French rifle maker or one of the earlier British designers like John Norton (1818) and William Greener (1836). The wood was probably used to help spread the lead. Then again, they could just be the tips of a pointing stick.

 

[glevum]

They look similar to Pritchett bullets for the 0.577 Enfield Percussion Rifle.

Where did you find them?

 

[bdgreen]

An IAA Forum thread (2012): http://iaaforum.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=13586

See Tony Edwards posting with pictures at bottom the page; ".577 inch P.'53 Enfield bullet" with a base plug of either wood or clay.

Brian

 

[leeski]

Thanks for the identification guys I found loads of these on a farmers field in Cumbria possibly an old Victorian shooting range