Need help on I-Ding a possible cannon ball.

[SPWalker]

Need help on I-Ding a possible cannon ball.

While at a small local small gun show I came across an assumed ‘shot-put’ but I am thinking it could be a cannon ball. The previous owner knows little about its history from what I could tell. The ball is steel and solid and is 5 9/16” across. Anyone have a size index on what it could be?

If it is a shot-put after all, it is still worth the ¼ sawbuck it cost me and will be fun to show off .

Thanks for reading.

SPWalker
Mc Allen, Texas

 

[SPWalker]

I had an anteques dealer here in Port Isabel, Texas look at it and he told me that it could have been shot and knocked out of round after it hit an object (if it is a cannon ball).

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[SFHunter]

You can email the guy at http://www.civilwarartillery.com/ as he will tell you the range of what he sell them for.... I have a 8 inch 44lbs mortor (unpacked and unfused) that I recovered...around $300 - $400...