Item Number: F00149
Item Title: Nice CS 6pdr Bormann case shot
Price: $200
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: CS
Type: Spherical shell
Size: 6pdr
Sabot:
Fuse: Bormann time fuse
Book:
Location Recovered: Unknown
Description:This is one of the nicer sections I have seen. It clearly shows the rebate at the bottom of the fuse threaded section to accommodate an oversized gasket (see red circles in second picture). This was a futile, last ditch attempt by the Confederates to make these fuses operate properly and stop blowing up in their faces prematurely. It didn't work and so by the end of 1862 they issued orders to stop using their own made Bormann fuses.
This one has lead case shot balls. I sold the other half already.