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Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: emike123 on October 25, 2015, 03:29:33 PM

Title: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: emike123 on October 25, 2015, 03:29:33 PM

For such a maligned sabot system, they sure did make a lot of variations using it!

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/emike123/DSCN6729_zpsgnasykpx.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/emike123/media/DSCN6729_zpsgnasykpx.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: divedigger on October 25, 2015, 04:11:24 PM

nice grouping

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: John D. Bartleson Jr. on October 25, 2015, 05:15:12 PM

Very Nice specimens Mike, are you now ahead of Dicky in numbers? Do they all have side loads?
Regards,
John

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: emike123 on October 25, 2015, 05:31:17 PM

Just one is a sideloader, John.  The 2 to the immediate right of it are actually bolts.  The one to the left of the sideloader has the sabot with the cast in pegs and the hard to find brass Mullane time fuse adapter.

I think I am still a few short of the number of projectiles Tom Dickey had in his personal collection.

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: John D. Bartleson Jr. on October 26, 2015, 08:11:05 AM

Mike is it possible to get a closeup of this brass fuse?
John

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: emike123 on October 26, 2015, 06:29:50 PM

I am pretty sure I have sent it to you before, John, because you sent me a drawing of it back.  It is the kind shown on the top of page 47 in Jones' book.  If you still need photos of it, drop me an email and I will take them when I can.

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: Garret on October 26, 2015, 06:50:32 PM

Nice shells, Mike.  Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: CarlS on October 26, 2015, 07:28:03 PM

Beautiful grouping.

Salt in the wound!!!   :'(

Title: Re: Some 3in Tennessee (aka Mullane) projectiles...
Post by: John D. Bartleson Jr. on October 26, 2015, 11:06:52 PM

Aye Mike, you are right. Pardon my memory lapse.:)
John