Posted: 4/8/2015 11:53:15 PM EDT
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This might not be in the correct forum. But I'm sure someone on here knows what this is.
I really know nothing about it other than its a fired round from some sort of artillery piece. It's about 3.5" in diameter and quite heavy. ~5lbs Would love to know more about it. Thanks! 
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I'd research German shells, if I were you, OP. Grandpa probably kept the one that didn't get him. I know I would. Looks to be 88mm, classic German caliber. Condition of the rotating band as well as disfigurement of the case looks like it was fired. Probably a solid chunk of frag that didn't separate upon firing due to various reasons and then had the edges cleaned up a little bit. Not a positive ID but fits the profile somewhat. 
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Just a guess, but.....
http://www.relicman.com/artillery/zLibraryArt.510.Sawyer.html Maybe a lead sabot from a Civil War-era Shenkl shell? 
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Looks to me like a hand cast bullet for a cannon.
Probably a home made jobby made with a surplus cannon barrel. A slug like that wouldn't take as much lead as a solid bullet. It would be reasonably accurate as the skirts flair out apon firing. And it would bleed off velocity so as not to fly as far as a solid. But really I'm just curious and don't know anything about it either. 
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Did civil war era rifled guns have that many groves? Soft lead with blunt front seems to suggest early (civil war?) era but fine multi grove rifling would indicate something much later
The flat front raises questions . Were there any rounds made that were multi part stacked with only the front part with a sharp point? The rifling makes it appear it was fired but the front doesn't look hammered ? Not to over think this but is it possible it has some industrial use other than a war munitions? What area did grand pa serve in? |
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Did civil war era rifled guns have that many groves? Soft lead with blunt front seems to suggest early (civil war?) era but fine multi grove rifling would indicate something much later The flat front raises questions . Were there any rounds made that were multi part stacked with only the front part with a sharp point? The rifling makes it appear it was fired but the front doesn't look hammered ? Not to over think this but is it possible it has some industrial use other than a war munitions? What area did grand pa serve in? Im pretty sure the flat part is the back end of a case loaded projectile. |