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slowsweep
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Hi Guys, found this round on a local beach today, thought at 1st it was a 9mm but it just seems too big, its lead with a diameter of approx 12mm and a length of approx 22mm and has 2 rings around its diameter,
any ideas :-/

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Looks like a big minie ball to me, ::g ::g
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busterhamer wrote:Looks like a big minie ball to me, ::g ::g
thanks for the reply but please pardon my ignorance in these matters buster, what is a minie ball and what fired it mate ?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%C3%A9_ball" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Cheers Brumbar saved me a job ::g ::g
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thanks you two ::g im chuffed with this, what was going in the scrap bucket is now a keeper ::g :D
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