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ID This Bullet #14363750 12/12/19
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard OP Campfire Ranger
OP PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA	My bud found a good sized dent in his truck and this bullet laying on the ground beside it. He lives in OK. He said it's a good size bullet like a 45. looking at it in relation to his finger, I have to agree. I asked if it were an HP, but haven't heard back. The cannelure and exposed lead speak to a 44 magnum or 45-70 bullet. The amount of bullet south of the cannelure suggests heavy for caliber.

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363756 12/12/19
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City	Looks 44 mag to me. 300gr...? Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363758 12/12/19
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,388 Likes: 4 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,388 Likes: 4 Filer, ID	I don't know about the bullet but if it hit his pickup and didn't flatten any more than that, I'd say it had been in the air for a long way. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363759 12/12/19
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,149 Likes: 11 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna
DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,149 Likes: 11 In the Swamps	.44 mag most likely from a different zip code. I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363762 12/12/19
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City	Looks like it was fired out of a Marlin MicroGroove barrel too. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

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Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363770 12/12/19
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 945 Central KY S scoony Campfire Regular
scoony Campfire Regular S Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 945 Central KY	looks like Hornady XTP pistol bullet.

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363779 12/12/19
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,803 Likes: 1 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,803 Likes: 1 Southern Oregon USA	my take... Speer Gold Dot, out of a 44 Mag or 444 Marlin, that had traveled a ways before hitting his truck... I shoot a lot of XTP and don't think it is that.. but then I could be wrong...stranger things have been known to happen.... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: ID This Bullet rockinbbar #14363787 12/12/19
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard OP Campfire Ranger
OP PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA	Originally Posted by rockinbbar Looks like it was fired out of a Marlin MicroGroove barrel too. Good catch!

Re: ID This Bullet scoony #14363789 12/12/19
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,308 Likes: 3 Idaho muleshoe Campfire Outfitter
muleshoe Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,308 Likes: 3 Idaho	Originally Posted by scoony looks like Hornady XTP pistol bullet. Maybe not an XTP, but it looks like the Hornady bullets I load for my 444. 265gr. Black Cows Matter!

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363790 12/12/19
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard OP Campfire Ranger
OP PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA	Of all bullet makers, the shape north of the cannelure most closely resembles Speer.

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Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363792 12/12/19
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 11,920 Plains,Texas P plainsman456 Campfire Outfitter
plainsman456 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 11,920 Plains,Texas	It looks like a 44 mag bullet to me and like was said it come from a long ways. Mostly spent.

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363800 12/12/19
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City	Originally Posted by PaulBarnard Of all bullet makers, the shape north of the cannelure most closely resembles Speer. Yes. After looking, it appears to be a .429 Speer 270gr soft point. Fired from a Marlin rifle. Now, to fingerprint it and send the azzwhole a bill for the dent! Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363814 12/12/19
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,308 Likes: 3 Idaho muleshoe Campfire Outfitter
muleshoe Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,308 Likes: 3 Idaho	Another episode of CSI Campfire. Black Cows Matter!

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363819 12/12/19
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,715 Likes: 2 Tyrone Campfire Outfitter
Tyrone Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,715 Likes: 2	Did you measure it & weigh it? Politics is War by Other Means

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14363820 12/12/19
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,715 Aurora, CO K kennyd Campfire Tracker
kennyd Campfire Tracker K Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,715 Aurora, CO	Someone could measure it ( any machine shop or ) and reloader could weigh it Hard part is finding shooter

Re: ID This Bullet Tyrone #14363847 12/12/19
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard OP Campfire Ranger
OP PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,560 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA	Originally Posted by Tyrone Did you measure it & weigh it? My friend did not weigh or measure it.

Re: ID This Bullet kennyd #14363897 12/12/19
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,388 Likes: 4 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,388 Likes: 4 Filer, ID	Originally Posted by kennyd Someone could measure it ( any machine shop or ) and reloader could weigh it Hard part is finding shooter Most reloaders will have calipers. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: ID This Bullet scoony #14363988 12/12/19
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 687 Virginia native M MarkG Campfire Regular
MarkG Campfire Regular M Joined: May 2005 Posts: 687 Virginia native	Originally Posted by scoony looks like Hornady XTP pistol bullet. Second that. "Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." Genesis 9:3

Re: ID This Bullet MarkG #14364005 12/12/19
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,649 Likes: 12 Not In The City	Originally Posted by MarkG Originally Posted by scoony looks like Hornady XTP pistol bullet. Second that. Please show us all a picture of a Hornady XTP bullet that matches that... ? Sure looks like a Speer to my untrained eyes... https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010545577?pid=591708 OP photo.. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: ID This Bullet PaulBarnard #14364017 12/12/19
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,854 Likes: 3 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana
mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,854 Likes: 3	Speer 44 270 grain Deep Curl pic from Midway site.

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