Iron Schenkl Time Fuse Adapter?

[CarlS]

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. 

[Pete George]

  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? 

Regards,
Pete

[CarlS]

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.