Bullet and Shell Civil War Projectiles Forum

Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: Ripcon on April 01, 2023, 11:16:58 PM

Title: Help in identifying shell from frag found
Post by: Ripcon on April 01, 2023, 11:16:58 PM

The shell frag was found in an area where both Union and Confederate projectiles were impacting. It was in a field which accounts for its degraded condition. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Title: Re: Help in identifying shell from frag found
Post by: Ripcon on April 03, 2023, 07:07:34 PM

Light Burrellet is around the top of the shell. Maybe a 10 pounder Read??

Title: Re: Help in identifying shell from frag found
Post by: CarlS on April 14, 2023, 06:03:51 AM

Hello.   Hard to say from the pics.  If that is a bourrelet as Ripcon asks then it would be narrowed down a good bit.  Also the fuse hole still contains crud but if you could get a thread count and approximate diameter that would go a long way to narrowing down what it might be too.