Bullet and Shell Civil War Projectiles Forum

Recent Posts

Pages: 1 ... 3 4 [5] 6 7 ... 10
41
Artillery / Re: New Frag ID
« Last post by emike123 on September 28, 2023, 03:57:42 PM »
It is about impossible for us to help you with this from a photograph without any measurements, but the good news is you can figure this out yourself with the aid of a $4 compass like kids use in grade school.  Set the jaws to a 5.5" (err to less) from the metal point to the pencil tip.   Draw an arc on a heavy duty piece of poster board or card stock and cut along this line.  Then put this curve against the outside surface of the frag.  If it fits like a glove, it's a frag to an 11" spherical shell.

I know you can do it!  Good luck.
42
Artillery / New Frag ID
« Last post by Dave on September 21, 2023, 10:04:20 AM »
Here we go again.  Sorry for all the posts asking questions but I have far less iron experience than most of you guys.  I appreciate any and all opinions and responses.  Here we have a very heavy and thick frag found at Spanish Fort, AL.  It is 1.95" thick and seems to correspond closely to the diameter of a US 11" shell (10.87") the best that I can tell which would be from an 11" Dahlgren.  Opinions?  Thoughts?
43
General Discussion / Re: New Addition to the Iron Club
« Last post by CarlS on September 09, 2023, 11:26:58 PM »
Very nice!  Congratulations!
44
General Discussion / Re: New Addition to the Iron Club
« Last post by emike123 on September 07, 2023, 11:16:25 AM »
Here comes the Judge!  Hope the hurricane didn't cause too much havoc near them.

Congrats
45
General Discussion / Re: New Addition to the Iron Club
« Last post by Dave on August 30, 2023, 05:33:42 PM »
Congrats!!!
46
General Discussion / New Addition to the Iron Club
« Last post by gflower on August 30, 2023, 05:15:04 PM »
Headed to Tampa to see the newest addition to the Flower Collection my Just Born Granddaughter Parker. Hope to have a metal detector in her hands as soon as she can walk.
47
Artillery / Re: Fragment ID
« Last post by Dave on August 19, 2023, 04:50:00 PM »
Yes sir, thank you!
48
Bullets / Re: Cross Reference MM to RBTR
« Last post by Dave on August 19, 2023, 04:49:36 PM »
I?d love to see a cross reference as well.
49
Artillery / Re: Fragment ID
« Last post by emike123 on August 19, 2023, 03:34:30 PM »
9" spherical shell for a Dahlgren gun
50
Bullets / Re: Unusual Bullets from Shiloh
« Last post by emike123 on August 19, 2023, 03:32:24 PM »
I defer to your superior knowledge of unjacketed pistol bullets seeing as you live so close to Harrisburg.  I will point out that a .410 shotgun (please note proper spelling of "shotgun") is .41 caliber, and even less with a full choke. 
Pages: 1 ... 3 4 [5] 6 7 ... 10