Bullet and Shell Civil War Projectiles Forum
Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: Gunner Thrasher on March 04, 2018, 07:58:04 PM
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Need some good detailed photos of fired Brooke projectiles that took the rifling well. Thanks in advance.
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Gunner:
Not sure exactly what views you are after, but as you know, most Brookes threw their sabots so there are a lot of sabot views we could show including these:
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If you want ones on the shell, that's harder, but I have a few to show. Here is a 6.4" shell:
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Here is a 6.4" bolt:
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Here is a very hard to find shell for the rifled 12pdr:
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LOL, Mike you're showing off now. ;D But, the time and energy it takes to build that quality of a collection, you deserve it. thanks for sharing.
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If you've got it, flaunt it and share it with people who will appreciate it and will drool over it.
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Hey Speed,
Ya' left out "money" in your "it takes time..." list! I had a beautiful VI.4" that was thrown and the marks were so slight that it was hard to tell it was even a fired sabot. BTW, it was the kind with a "Heavy" lip.
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Thank you, Mike for all the photos this indeed is very helpful.
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Yes you are right about that Selma. And what do you mean "HAD"? You parted with it? :o
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Speed,
That item was given to me by the family of an old time diver and collector in Selma quite a few years ago. Neither party to that transaction was aware of the value/rarity of the nearly perfect example at the time. My best guess - purely speculation - is that it was from one of the rounds fired in testing ammunition or the gun tubes there in Selma. After I learned more about it and shared what I knew with the family I decided that it needed to go "home". My friends there had begun to appreciate the significance of several pieces they inherited and it is now a treasured family possession. If I can figure out where files are I will try to get my only two images reduced enough to add in here. I wasn't knowledgeable enough at the time to take photos of the engravings from the rifling but like I said, they were so lightly engraved it was several years before I realized it had been fired.(http://) Note the hammer marks on the bottom - from "seating" the sabot to the vanes of the base of the projectile.
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Flip side. Note the Leatherman tool for scale.
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Gunner: Are you looking for heavies or field caliber as well?
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Speed,
That item was given to me by the family of an old time diver and collector in Selma quite a few years ago. Neither party to that transaction was aware of the value/rarity of the nearly perfect example at the time. My best guess - purely speculation - is that it was from one of the rounds fired in testing ammunition or the gun tubes there in Selma. After I learned more about it and shared what I knew with the family I decided that it needed to go "home".
Very Admirable.
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Carl,
I got what I needed with Michael's post. Thank you for the offer. What i was looking for was the indentions left by the rifling of the guns and his two photos of the 6.4's did the trick.
Thanks,
Gordon