Item Number: A01862

Item Title: Rare 3in Confederate Boureletted Read Sideloader Cae Shot Shell

Price: $1400

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: CS

Type: Read case shot

Size: 3in

Sabot: Copper ring

Fuse: Confederate copper time fuse adapter with small hole

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Location Recovered: Cold Harbor area

Description:
Sideloader Boureletted Read shells are very hard to find -- much harder than the uncommon smooth-sided Read sideloader shells. I have only owned a handful of them over the years and most were missing parts of their sabots or worse.

This shell is complete with a CS time fuse adapter that screws in and out by hand. The time fuse adapters for these shells had a small hole at the bottom to maintain compression in the relatively small powder cavity of the cae shot shells in contrast with common shells.

Shell is ex Pete George collection