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I am fairly sure you have a BURNSIDE CARBINE BULLET - A rare US bullet but you are spot in the right place for these to be found. See picture attached. WF Whoops just saw your dimentions 3 inches etc - jumped the gun a bit with these but they are rare little beauty's all the same.
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John D. Bartleson Jr.
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War Face,
As you can see my relic has a wooden body and is 3 inches in diameter and 11 inches long, pretty big bullet but thank you anyway.
Regards,
John
As you can see my relic has a wooden body and is 3 inches in diameter and 11 inches long, pretty big bullet but thank you anyway.
Regards,
John
John
I'm gonna guess it's a Civil War projectile for a rifled cannon, very likely Confederate. On some that I've seen the wood part was made of a bakelite type substance, or even paper mache. Parts are missing, such as a sabot on the bottom which would have engaged the rifleing. There should be some CW museums in your area that you could visit to find complete examples. Or maybe a museum historian could help.
Ray
I'm gonna guess it's a Civil War projectile for a rifled cannon, very likely Confederate. On some that I've seen the wood part was made of a bakelite type substance, or even paper mache. Parts are missing, such as a sabot on the bottom which would have engaged the rifleing. There should be some CW museums in your area that you could visit to find complete examples. Or maybe a museum historian could help.
Ray
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John D. Bartleson Jr.
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Ray,
Thank you for your reply. We are beginning to believe that it is a practice shell of WWI or very early WWII. If you look carefully you will see a priming nipple underneath the metal nose cap. The young man who found it said that after it dried out there was black powder in the wooden body. There is no known Civil War artillery projectile that is constructed as this is. The Schenkl projectile had a paper mache sabot but it was made of cast iron. Some sabots were even made of gutta purcha, some even of wood, however all the shell bodies were cast iron.
Best Regards and thank you,
John aka Bart
Thank you for your reply. We are beginning to believe that it is a practice shell of WWI or very early WWII. If you look carefully you will see a priming nipple underneath the metal nose cap. The young man who found it said that after it dried out there was black powder in the wooden body. There is no known Civil War artillery projectile that is constructed as this is. The Schenkl projectile had a paper mache sabot but it was made of cast iron. Some sabots were even made of gutta purcha, some even of wood, however all the shell bodies were cast iron.
Best Regards and thank you,
John aka Bart
John aka Bart
You are very likely correct. I know that the Confederates used every conceivable material in making projectiles because they didn't have the raw materials and foundaries for making iron and steel. They experimented with some finned or winged projectiles made of iron, lead, and wood that looked a lot like yours. Since yours was found off the NC coast I put two and two together and came up with five.; )
A very collectable relic, whatever it is.
Ray
You are very likely correct. I know that the Confederates used every conceivable material in making projectiles because they didn't have the raw materials and foundaries for making iron and steel. They experimented with some finned or winged projectiles made of iron, lead, and wood that looked a lot like yours. Since yours was found off the NC coast I put two and two together and came up with five.; )
A very collectable relic, whatever it is.
Ray
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John D. Bartleson Jr.
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Bob,
Look where?
John
Look where?
John
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John D. Bartleson Jr.
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Thanks Bob, I don't believe that is it.
John
John
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John D. Bartleson Jr.
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Bob,
Accept my apology, you are correct, it is a aircraft smoke float.
OP 998 http://www.*********************.com/USERIMAGES/000367%20OP%20998%20Aircraft%20Pyrotechnics%20and%20Accessories.pdf
Regards,
John
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smle2009
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Is this a great site, or what! There's not a question that can be asked without someone having the answer.
Thanks to all you guys for the education.
Ray
Your'e really good with the answers too mate:wink:
Tony
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John D. Bartleson Jr.
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Cheers Tony,
This view should make it easier to see more details. The signal is used to mark submarine initial contact point for surface observers. Emits flame and white smoke.
Regards,
John
This view should make it easier to see more details. The signal is used to mark submarine initial contact point for surface observers. Emits flame and white smoke.
Regards,
John
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