Loomis cent role PMD

This Loomis cent roll was worth $.59 now I'm trying to determine what caliber rifle bullet did this I'm going for a 22 Magnum jacketed hollowpoint is my best guess

 

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A .177 pellet is probably a better guess.

 

I'd say copper coated steel BB (.177) lead pellets would flatten upon impact and not cause such a push out on the reverse. A 22 Mag should go right through that!

 

.22 short?

 

I agree with the BB or pellet projectile.

Maybe I am too dense, but I do not understand the inference of the Loomis cent roll or the .59 when you are talking about a Roosevelt dime.

 

I've never seen a BB gun that could do that much damage. I had a "Bone Collector" .177 pellet gun that fired a pellet approximately 1200 fps at the muzzle, that might be able to do this. Not sure it could, but possible.

Steve

 

I'm not even sure this was caused by a bullet.

 

There is a .17 HMR (Hornaday Rimfire Magnum) that pokes clean tiny holes like that. I've got one - a Henry lever action. 17 grain slug, .17 caliber at ~2500 fps. Tiny little thing that packs a very accurate wallop. Pinholes at 100yds.

At least they didn't try to clean it first - and ruin it.

 

I'm been a certified NRA firearms instructor for over 30 years and I've seen people do this a lot on the firing range the Hornaday I believe is a little bit too much but it's possible at 100 yards that's why I'm sticking to the 22 Magnum jacketed hollowpoint I would say about 50 yards with a wood backing you also have to take into consideration the hollowpoint impression no pellet or BB will cause an impression like this at least in my opinion I have even ruled out the cci hollowpoint stinger long rifle which could possibly do this damage may be at 25 yards two factors that I look at is the hollowpoint impression and the little bit of brass remaining

 

It doesn't matter what caused it, it's PMD and it's worth ten cents. Period!

 

ps That is an excellent varmint rifle

 

Absolutely correct and thank you for your quote

 

And here's another PMD found in the same roll my guess would be a concrete parking lot find And yes I know it's only worth one cent

 

All I was saying as I found this dime in a Loomis cent role that I received from the bank and where the 59 comes in and in a roll of $.50 a dime would be nine more cents so thus you have a 59 cent role of cent And actually I found another dime in another role but that one had no damage so I'm actually up $.18

 

.22 damage would be much larger, especially if the bullet mushroomed any!

 

Seeing the size of the .22, there is no way this was a BB, pellet or slug. I think it is from a metal punch (the kind I use to remove a broken bolt from a shaft, e.g.). A friend thinks it could have been an arrow.

Steve

 

Yep, now I see also a .177 pellet/BB would make too big of an indent.

 

Here's a BB but with a problem

 

I went shopping for .177 found one supplier of brass round nose pellets but could not find any hollow points and the ones that were hollowpoint were all led where getting close

 

I'm still going to go with a 22 Magnum hollowpoint usually if they just tape the coin to the target when the round hits it it punches it through the target very little resistance from the cardboard I don't know just check this out