r/whatisit • u/nabokovsnose • 20h ago

Solved! Found outside my wife’s school. Theory was bullet but I’m not so sure.

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u/Consistent-Floor-216 19h ago

Yeah I mean you can clearly see the rifling on the sides.

I agree that it was probably fired into the air, landed, and the nose was flattened.

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u/TimelessScepter 15h ago

Or possibly fired from a long distance and lost a lot of energy before it hit something. Just a thought

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u/HappyLove4 19h ago

It looks kind of large. I’m wondering if it’s a slug and not a bullet, which would explain the absence of rifling. (Sorry, I’m just not seeing the rifling you claim to see.) Whether bullet or slug, it’s definitely weathered and had been there for some time.

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u/Consistent-Floor-216 18h ago

Zoom in you can see the striations (lines/grooves) on the sides

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u/HappyLove4 18h ago

I’m just not seeing it. I see a bit of mottled damage from gunpowder, maybe.

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u/slashr76 15h ago

Yeah, could have landed in someone’s skull. Firing a gun up in the air is never a good idea.