Archer cross section

[relicrunner]

Does anyone know of a picture of a cross sectioned 3" Archer shell?
Thank you

[emike123]

I have one that naturally blew in half right down the vertical axis that I'll send you a picture of when I get a chance, Jim

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Hi Mike,
would love to see the Archer.  Do you know if any had a percussion fuze or just wooden adapters and the one Bormann fuzed?
Regards,
John

[emike123]

I do not think any had a percussion fuse

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Thanks Mike,
Can we see the split fragment of the inground burst?
John

[emike123]

Here you go:

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Mike,
Thank you for the great post.  Do you know if it was case shot or shell?
Regards,
John

[emike123]

It's a common shell recovered in West Virginia

[ETEX]

Mike, that thing looks like a Baby Hog with the groove pattern. You sure that wasn't dug in Arkansas?

[emike123]

Everything looks like a bullet to you.  I am concerned about your fetish and to paraphrase Freud, "sometimes a shell is just a shell."

Back me up on this, Dr. Beach.  ETEX needs professional help.

[Dr. Beach]

Well, let me think about this.  Hmm . . . while lead poisoning itself can lead one to some interesting misperceptions of reality, I am thinking of championing a new diagnosis for inclusion in the future DSM-V . . . “Folie Missile.”  But this is indeed an interesting case, and it may be that our patient is suffering from simple Projectile Dysfunction.

[speedenforcer]

Now that is some funny #### right there.

[ETEX]

Wow, all theses years and I finally know what is wrong with me "Projectile Dysfunction". Mike I appreciate you soliciting help on my part and Doc, can't thank ya enough. I better go eat some craw-dad tails and oysters while reading the M&M, T&T Handbook, Tom Stelma's, and RBTRF I through IV cause I heard that will help the "Projectile Dysfuntion". 

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Mike,
Is this specimen the same as your grag?
John
P.S. The Tie-ring term is not mine. I don't believe they were fixed ammo.

[Daveslem]

ETEX,

Better to have an SPD than an STD. Could have been worse, you could have had CB , cannister balls, which can lead to premature detonation.