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We have a busy upcoming show schedule with the Mansfield show May 4th & 5th and Gettysburg again in late June. 2 more shows on the calendar for July and another in August!

This website is a side gig for us fellow hobbyists, and we have full-time "real jobs." Apologies for the lack of updates recently, but we defintely have a lot of good stuff. Much of it is in the process of being cleaned and inerted, but also I will be out of the country for work quite a bit over the next 6 weeks.

So, you know the drill -- if you have things on your want list, please send them into both of us. We're like Santa's elves and constantly working to find good things for our customers. Please copy both of us on your inquiries -- a well-intentioned customer just sent us both separately after the same item which was a huge waste of time, but that movie will have a happy ending nonetheless as he's going to finally get his Whitworth.

Hope to see many of you at one of these shows.

A00836 - Super desirable rarity 9 2.9
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Item Number: A00836

Item Title: Super desirable rarity 9 2.9

Price: $640

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: CS

Type: Long sabot Atlanta Works long Read common shell

Size: 2.9

Sabot: Copper ring

Fuse: Wood time fuse adapter (missing)

Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 250

Location Recovered: New Hope Church battlefield

Description:Super rare shell only found around Atlanta. This one has a lathed area above the sabot. It is believed this was done to contain chipping which Reads were notorious for. Gorgeous copper sabot with nice rifling from a 2.9in Parrott rifle. The North had long before stopped using them but the South had them and Carl even has a trunion from one recovered nearby.

One side of this shell displays beautifully and the other has pitting. I ran it through electrolysis to stabilize the iron and lightly coated it in rust inhibitor so it is solid.

A rare shell from a significant old collection. I paid a lot of money for it and will keep it if it doesn't move because the one I have in my own collection does not have the nice lathing marks.