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Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: Jim Martin on March 12, 2011, 08:32:06 PM

Title: mystery shell
Post by: Jim Martin on March 12, 2011, 08:32:06 PM

I spoke to pc George about this one and he is stumped.  I dug these frags at a federal training camp and just recently found the none anvil.  The tread of the fuse hole as well as the anvil is 1 3/8 inches dia.  The shell would have looked like a schenkl but with rounded shoulders and no grooves in the tail.The thickness of the shell is about 3/8 inches thick.  I also found what appears to be a cast iron bursting charge can about the same dia of the fuse.

Title: more pics
Post by: Jim Martin on March 12, 2011, 08:33:02 PM

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Title: Re: mystery shell
Post by: Jim Martin on March 12, 2011, 08:34:46 PM

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Title: Re: mystery shell
Post by: Jim Martin on March 12, 2011, 08:37:25 PM

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Title: Re: mystery shell
Post by: John D. Bartleson Jr. on March 12, 2011, 10:01:23 PM

Attached below is one possibility. The second drawing is made from the actual patent.
John