Navy 6 pounder shell

[hink441]

Found this one in a antique shop this morning. Dated 10-18. 
 

I never found a 6 pound shell before and happy this one is dated go the Great War era. 
 

 

[beerdragon54]

That’s a great piece.


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[917601]

Does the projectile have a copper driving band? I can't tell from the pics. Also, is the nose threaded to accept a fuze? If no driving band, it is not original to the case, and most likely a shop turned repro to fill the hole.

[hink441]

No driving band and no threads on the top. 
 

Projectile could have been made later but it is heavy and well done.

[917601]

If it has no driving band it most likely was made by bubba to fill the hole, especially with no fuze threads ( size of the fuze opening does not appear to be correct either). A chance it could be an unfinished scrapped piece. Can you remove the projectile? Unlikely, but it could have markings on the base. Many projectiles of that era had a single letter inspection stamp indicating what step it was in the forging, stamping, turning process. In any case, projectiles can be found. eBay, GB, gun board forums, etc.

[hink441]

I was able to get the projectile (or imitation projectile) off of the case. I can see no markings and the lower bottom appears to have been roughly cut off. 

[Story]

4 hours ago, hink441 said:

I was able to get the projectile (or imitation projectile) off of the case. I can see no markings and the lower bottom appears to have been roughly cut off.    

 

With it's flat nose, that'd make a good diorama base.

 

Something like this could be scaled up to 1/35th and if displayed inverted, mounted at the (wider) base end.

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[Brian Keith]

It could have been a "trench art" lamp at one time.

BKW

[hink441]

48 minutes ago, Brian Keith said:

It could have been a "trench art" lamp at one time.

BKW

I think that is a good possibility.