I picked up a cool dug 3 inch Schenkl with a lot of remains of the paper mache sabot still on it in the large collection I got last weekend. Sold the shell, but I still have a chip of the paper mache. I was wondering if anyone would have interest and access to a lab that has an instrument that could analyze the content of the paper mache to see what it really is.
As we all have read, the CS labs could never duplicate the material successfully. I wonder if it is actually just plaster of Paris. So, anyone wanting to explore this, I will happily send them the chip