Bullet and Shell Civil War Projectiles Forum

Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: Gunner Thrasher on March 04, 2018, 07:58:04 PM

Title: Brooke sabot
Post by: Gunner Thrasher on March 04, 2018, 07:58:04 PM
Need some good detailed photos of fired Brooke projectiles that took the rifling well. Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: emike123 on March 07, 2018, 06:46:48 PM
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:

Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: emike123 on March 07, 2018, 06:47:35 PM
If you want ones on the shell, that's harder, but I have a few to show.  Here is a 6.4" shell:

Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: emike123 on March 07, 2018, 06:48:01 PM
Here is a 6.4" bolt:

Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: emike123 on March 07, 2018, 06:48:59 PM
Here is a very hard to find shell for the rifled 12pdr:

Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: speedenforcer on March 08, 2018, 09:24:41 PM
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.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: redbob on March 09, 2018, 10:41:33 AM
If you've got it, flaunt it and share it with people who will appreciate it and will drool over it.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: Selma Hunter on March 09, 2018, 11:55:11 AM
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.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: Gunner Thrasher on March 09, 2018, 03:08:18 PM
Thank you, Mike for all the photos this indeed is very helpful.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: speedenforcer on March 09, 2018, 06:45:24 PM
Yes you are right about that Selma. And what do you mean "HAD"? You parted with it? :o
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: Selma Hunter on March 10, 2018, 02:19:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: Selma Hunter on March 10, 2018, 02:23:54 PM
Flip side.  Note the Leatherman tool for scale.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: CarlS on March 10, 2018, 07:51:03 PM
Gunner: Are you looking for heavies or field caliber as well?
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: speedenforcer on March 11, 2018, 07:44:03 AM
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.
Title: Re: Brooke sabot
Post by: Gunner Thrasher on March 13, 2018, 02:22:04 AM
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