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Re: Artillery Hammer?
« Reply #30 on: August 30, 2012, 09:06:49 PM »
Dave,
     Found the use of the Shell Plug Screw in Mordecai's 1849 Artillery for Land Service of the US.
"Shell plug screw: It is  made of iron, and used for extracting the corks or wooden plugs with which fuze holes are stopped"
Dan