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CarlS
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Iron Schenkl Time Fuse Adapter?
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April 23, 2016, 10:47:06 PM »
Hello,
I'm cleaning a 3.67-inch prototype Schenkl shell that I thought had a broken off brass percussion fuse body in it. It came from the western theatre. Once the crud and rust started coming off, I noticed the fuse (adapter?) appears to be made of iron. I'm a long way from having it ready for images but will post some when I am ready but was wondering if there was an iron Schenkl time fuse adapter? It is too dirty to tell for sure yet if it is tapered or not. I just thought I'd ask this esteemed group if they knew of an iron time adapter in hopes that might could possibly be one. I suspect it is an iron percussion that blew the guts out and left only the body but that's still better than the broken off brass body I thought I had originally.
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Pete George
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Re: Iron Schenkl Time Fuse Adapter?
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April 23, 2016, 11:25:03 PM »
There was no such thing as a Schenkl timefuze adapter-plug. What you're seeing has to be a blown-out iron Schenkl Percussion fuze. It did not have the "lip" we see on brass Schenkl Percussion fuzes.
Don't you own a copy of Chuck Jones' book on civil war artillery fuzes?
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Pete
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April 24, 2016, 12:05:29 AM »
Pete,
Thanks. Yes I do have that book and I looked but we know that pretty much all books have errors and new things are found that weren't around when the book was written. More wishful thinking than anything.
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