GDG- Speaking of bullets

[James Cameron]

Dennis,

The links in your message don't seem to be working.

It would be hard to say with any certainty.  Between military and civilian 
use, there have been literally billions of rounds of .30-06 fired over the 
years.  And vast amounts of surplus military ammo has ended up in civilian 
hands, so you can't even go by who it was made for.

One way to tell if it might have been fired by the militia or the cavalry is 
is there is still a visible headstamp on the shell.  On a military shell 
casing, it would typically be a two letter code, for the manufacturer, above 
the primer, and the year in two digit form below.
For example:

F A
18

Ammunition made for civilian sales generally isn't dated.  It will often 
have the caliber on it instead.

If the shell you found is dated anywhere from 06 to 20, it would be 
military, and could well be associated with the strikes.

Hope this helps,

Jim Cameron



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Lawrence" <denlaw at fone.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 6:37 PM
Subject: GDG- Speaking of bullets


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Jim,
>
>
> I have been meaning to ask you.  There are some gun turrets the government 
> erected in the mountains in 1910-1920 or so during the coal strikes. The 
> militia occupied them first then later the 5th cavalry
>
> I was up in two of them last week with a metal detector.  We found a 30.06 
> Springfield casing.  Any chance that came from a 5th cavalry soldier 
> rather than a target shooter ?
>
>
> Gun Turret One:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysCHzZ3bIz8
>
> Gun Turret  Two:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8jTeeAx-k
>
> What we found:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHcMvff8ojc
>
>
>
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