WW2 large slug Eyeball find

[panic]

Hello there.
Yesterday I was walking the streets of Athens, Greece. In a street gutter, next to a small mound of rubble I found this large slug.



Some work had been done on underground cables some days ago and then we had a torential rain and I guess the bullet got washed out , the street has a little downhill tilt all the way, and it stopped in the gutter like in a metal prospectors pan.

It's 4,5cm long, has a max.diameter of 1,1cm, it;s pretty heavy.
Anyone able to ID it?
In WW2 we had Germans, Italians and later the Brits shooting around our city. What kind of bullet might this one be?

Paco

[Danmark]

Well the Italian Carcano was a 6.5mm round nose so it isn't that, the British Lee Enfield was .303" ( 7.69mm ) and the German k98 was 7.92mm.

Scrub that - I'm a goof - I just saw you said it was 1.1cm!!! ....... so maybe a Browning 50 cal???

[BrodieBartfast]

Not sure if this will help much, but here's a .50 BMG projectile from my own collection of relics.



Regards, B.B.

[BlackCat1982]

50 calibre HE bullet with boat tail. US or British could be either.

[zwerge]

Could be the core from a .50 cal. AP bullet, is it steel?......Pete.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Looks like a 50 cal boat tail!...

[panic]

Thank you people for the immediate responses.
Well it sticks to a magnet although it has a rust-coat so I guess it could be steel.
I think .50 cal is a first sure conclusion, right?

Paco

[panic]

Hey Zwerge I think you nailed it and you have the image to prove your claim :-)

.50 Cal. Browning Ammo

https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attac...mo-tr-ap-2.jpg

Thank you for the ID.

Paco


PS I just love this about warrelics... I'd have to find the right sources and pics in books to find out what I found yesterday, probably some weeks of work. And now, only a day later I know what it is.. awesome.