Bullet and Shell Civil War Projectiles Forum
Relic Discussion => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Tex27 on May 24, 2018, 03:15:17 PM
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Which one of you guys did this?
https://www.instagram.com/p/6f6R0JF91S/?taken-by=tsa (https://www.instagram.com/p/6f6R0JF91S/?taken-by=tsa)
https://www.instagram.com/p/47vgkjF9x2/?taken-by=tsa (https://www.instagram.com/p/47vgkjF9x2/?taken-by=tsa)
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Wow, hope the owner didn't loose that Mullane (Tennessee Sabot) shell. That's a nice one. The Instagram comments made me chuckle. People talking like they are experts and saying cannon balls don't explode even though there is a fuse hole right there in the picture.
Thanks for sharing.
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I'm not really sure why, but when I was working at Fort Sill; everytime that I flew out, I got the most thorough baggage (and person) search of any places that I have ever been. I also have to chuckle because I remember reading somewhere that Tom Dickey used to fly back with the projectiles that he had dug and even though it was pre 9/11 it still seemed unbelievable that nothing was said.
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Heh, I enjoyed reading the comments, even if they weren't that well informed. Then again, neither was the TSA itself. "Mortar" round.
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I was going through the rather tight security into the Ronald Reagan building in DC where my office is when I realized that my backpack had a Schenkl shell in it that I was going to show someone later in the day. My bag was just going into the Xray when I grabbed it, said, forgot something!, and exited out the door.
I still wonder what they would have done if they had seen that shell in the Xray.
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Scott: That could have made for a long day and lots of explaining to do.