JoshW
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This is one for any artillery experts (ie. Cannonball Guy). I have this piece of iron found with a bunch of CW shell fragments in the Shenandoah Valley. At first glance I thought it was a shell frag but I can't determine which type of shell, dispute searching the notable CW Artillery reference books. Here are some observations.
1) The outside consists of two flat surfaces that meet at about a 130 degree angle. You can see from the pictures that one side is thinner than the other.
2) The inside is rounded and is shaped just like a powder chamber. I included a shot comparing the curvature of the inside to the nose of a 3inch Parrott shell. You can see by looking at the edges of this piece that the curvature, while really close, is a wider arch than the Parrott. I also included a shot of this frag face down side by side with a 3 inch Read frag.
3) One thought was that this might be a Whitworth frag, but I am not convinced of that. I don't have one to compare the 130 angle to.
Thanks in advance for looking and your responses.
1) The outside consists of two flat surfaces that meet at about a 130 degree angle. You can see from the pictures that one side is thinner than the other.
2) The inside is rounded and is shaped just like a powder chamber. I included a shot comparing the curvature of the inside to the nose of a 3inch Parrott shell. You can see by looking at the edges of this piece that the curvature, while really close, is a wider arch than the Parrott. I also included a shot of this frag face down side by side with a 3 inch Read frag.
3) One thought was that this might be a Whitworth frag, but I am not convinced of that. I don't have one to compare the 130 angle to.
Thanks in advance for looking and your responses.
