John D. Bartleson Jr. wrote:
> Pete, in your book, how did you determine that the projectiles your book illustrates as case shot, were case shot and not shell?
Bart, please pardon the delay in replying. I'm having bad trouble with debilitating side-effects from the post-heart-attack bloodthinner and Beta Blocker prescriptions I must take for the next 6 to 12 months.
On page 133 of the 1980 Edition of the Dickey-&-George book, Tom Dickey wrote that the specimen in the photo on that page (presumably from his own collection) was a Case-Shot, weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce, and has a "zinc fuse plug and 14-second Bormann time fuse." I do not understand why it would have a zinc fuzeplug in addition to the 14-second fuze -- I've never seen such a thing in this particular type of Hotchkiss. I can only assume Tom Dickey decided it is a Case-Shot by comparing its weight with other varieties of 3" Hotchkiss Case and Common-Shells.
As the good questions you've raised in this discussion point toward, I do not think any of this type were Case-Shot.
Regards,
Pete