Item Number: F00169
Item Title: Sectioned 3.5in Britten shell
Price: $145
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US/CS
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Location Recovered: Spanish Fort, AL
Description:These shells have super hard British iron and are the Dickens to cut. The payoff is the interior clearly shows the novel method employed to make these case shot shells. Rather than add shot to the interior, these are cast with wires on the inside that segment the iron in chunks that come apart when the shell explodes.
These shells are uncommon and additionally owing to their hardness very rare to find sectioned.