Bullet and Shell Civil War Projectiles Forum

Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: K. Sylvester on October 16, 2019, 02:05:20 PM

Title: Possible Civil War Hand Grenade
Post by: K. Sylvester on October 16, 2019, 02:05:20 PM

A friend of mine recently found this ball within feet of 2 other 6 pdrs and a 12 pdr. The "fuze hole" in this one is unusually small, about 12mm. My thoughts were that it was a grenade rather than an artillery shell. It's fairly graphitized so the weight is probably meaningless but it's coming in around 2.8 lbs. The graphitization has also affected it's shape a bit. It is very soft.
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Title: Re: Possible Civil War Hand Grenade
Post by: CarlS on October 16, 2019, 09:25:17 PM

What is the diameter?