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We have a busy upcoming show schedule with the Corinth Show this coming weekend. We'll be at the Gettysburg Show 3 weeks after that, and then at Mansfield 3 weeks after that! 2 more shows on the calendar for June already and one in July!

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

A01008 - Possibly Non-Battlefield 20 Pounder Parrott Shell
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Item Number: A01008

Item Title: Possibly Non-Battlefield 20 Pounder Parrott Shell

Price: $350

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: US

Type: Parrott

Size: 20 Pounder (3.67 Inch Caliber)

Sabot: High Brass Sabot Ring (Type II)

Fuse:

Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 228

Location Recovered: Non-Battlefield???

Description:This 20 pounder Parrott round is extremely nice. It is an unfired round with the earlier tall smooth sabot showing no rifling. The fuse easily unscrews and is the less common later type with a lip. It has a nice white patina which contrasts with the dark shell. The body of the shell is slick on one side and the other side has some peppering like it was laying on the ground as part of a display or something perhaps from a park long ago. The body of the shell was painted black long ago and has some orange specks of paint peeping though in a couple spots. I'm not sure if this is period or not but it is old. The powder chamber of the shell is very clean.

If you only like top notch shells than this is one for you.

Shell is inert, cleaned and coated ready to display.