Item Number: F00197
Item Title: 10-lber Read-Parrott Half Shell
Price: $150
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: Read-Parrott
Size: 10 Pounder (2.9 Inch Caliber)
Sabot: Stamped Wrought Iron
Fuse: Wood Adapter (Missing)
Book: Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 216
Location Recovered: Unknown
Description:This is a typical Read-Parrott shell with the rifling stamped wrought iron sabot and the tapered hole to accommodate the wooden fuse adapter. The shell still has concreted black powder in the bottom half of the shell that didn't wash out when flushed. Interestingly a prior owner didn't clean the fuse hole out and attempt to disarm it that way which would have been easier than drilling it. But fortunately this leaves some native battlefield dirt that filled the front half of the shell on impact. Cutting the shell in half provided more of the shell's story. The iron on this one is ok and has been treated with rust converter to preserve the shell. This gives it the black finish. This is a very nice half shell for the money.