Item Number: F00488
Item Title: Fantastic Half Section of an 8in Cannon Ball Filled with Bullets
Price: $1000
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: Spherical case shot shell
Size: 8in
Sabot:
Fuse: Bormann time fuse (missing)
Book:
Location Recovered: Spanish Fort, AL
Description:This is a wonderful piece that has been sitting on a shelf in my collection for close to 10 years. It is an 8in spherical case shot shell filled with bullets as the shot. Whoever filled it screwed the government by cheaping out by not only re-using scrap bullets but also leaving a large void free of matrix and shot that's nearly a quarter of the insides.
Half sections with bullets inside for the shot are the Holy Grail of sectioned shells, but I don't think I have ever seen another one that was bigger than a 12pdr. This is an impressive item.
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