Item Number: A00362
Item Title: Impressive Long Pattern 7-inch Brooke Shell
Price: $2000
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: CS
Type: Brooke shell
Size: 7-inch
Sabot: Copper ratchet
Fuse: CS high lip watercap
Book:
Jack Bell Page 188
Location Recovered: James River bombardment area
Description:Introducing the World's Heavyweight Champion -- The Crusher...
Really cool long pattern 7-inch, 99lb Brooke shell. It measures 16.25" long making it stand out among the boys (hence the Bugs Bunny reference above. See video below).
Sabot is complete and has rifling from firing. It fits a little loosely perhaps a result of firing. Bolt screws in and out and is a replacement with an original head but new threaded shaft as threads were shot on it.
Neat high lip variant CS watercap fuse. It and the sabot alone are worth more than half the cost of this projectile!
These used to be $3k+, and an artillery collector/dealer advised me to list this Rarity 8 shell in the mid $2s, but we'll price this one aggressively at $2,000 and (figuratively) let her fly.