Correct. It is a .32 ACP round. There is a light firing pin strike on the primer. It was in a box of one hundred .32 cal 170grain rifle bullets, which are almost the same size as the ACP round.
I had bought the box on a closeout from a local dealer, who in turn had got them from a dealer that had gone belly up. The box had been opened & re-sealed.
I am lucky - the box had started to break open, so I opened it to count out the remaining bullets, before putting it up for auction on Ebay. That's when I found the live round
Something tells me both Ebay & the BATF would have been less than amused had I shipped it to an auction winner. The lesson I guess is that when one gets assortments of gun related small parts, watch out for surprises.
I sent for used .38 special cases. About 300 of them and inside I found one loaded. It looked old and the bullet was all lead.
I pulled the bullet and emptied the case. I sure as hell would not try and fire it not knowing what kind of powder it was. After firing off the primer with the case empty, I salvaged the case. The rest got trashed.
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