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mgmradio

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Need to ID this canister
« on: January 15, 2017, 03:05:03 PM »
  A friend of mine picked this canister recently and is trying to ID it. Looks to be around 3". Top plate and balls missing.
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emike123

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Re: Need to ID this canister
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2017, 06:32:59 PM »
Its a post American Civil War Krupp.
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mgmradio

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Re: Need to ID this canister
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2017, 08:35:26 PM »
Thanks Mike. We were pretty sure it was post war because of the 2 piece body and the ridge at the joint. What gun would it have been fired from ? Indian wars?
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scottfromgeorgia

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Re: Need to ID this canister
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2017, 11:08:44 AM »
I saw some of these used in the Ottoman-Russian Wars in the 1870s. Russia bought a lot of Krupp guns, as well as American Gatlings. Some of those are beautifully preserved in museums in Bulgaria.
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