Britten Percussion Fuse

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Thanks for your post, was it a Britten shell? No lead safety plug?
Regards,
John

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

To All Interested;
   Below is the C.S. time fuse adapter that Pete and Carl spoke of.  Question what material was is made of? I illustrate it as brass. Pete mentioned that he had neer heard of or seen a copper Britten fuze.
   I believe most fuzes were turned on a lathe using copper, braass or the gun metal type material. When turning a fuze to make it left vs. right hand threads requires the operator to merely throw a lever amd reverse the direction of turn. Not a big deal. Archer fuzes could have easily benn turned left handed. But they didn't.
I believe a water cap fuse was also adapted for the Britten shell.
Kind Regards,
John

[rommack]

John; Reguarding the shell with the damaged striker. The shell is a 3.5" BLAKELY (preston) that I dug at Port Hudson. Ronnie

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Thank you.  Blakely is its name, Preston was its manufacturer.
John

[CarlS]

Ronnie,

That Preston (I call it that for you John!) must have really hit something hard like the head of one of my relatives!  Another of your neat finds!

[6lbgun]

     Not sure whether this one worked or not.  Blew right through the top. Got this fuse loose, so it might have happened at detonation.
Dan

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Dan,
   what a neat fuze frag.Did you mean that it was still in the shell body?
Carl, I refer to the six flanged shell as a Blakely, not by it name of manufacturer.
John

[6lbgun]

John,
     It wasn't in a shell.
Dan

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Dan,
   then I would guess that at the split second of detonation it bluew striker and the top portion of the anvil cap off just before the shell completed it breakup ejecting the fuze body.
Regards,
John