Got a question regarding this 3-inch shrapnel I picked up a few weeks ago...
I picked this and the case up from a buddy, thought they went together, but discovered the projectile isn't a 75mm, its a 3-inch shrapnel...so I will need to find a projectile for the case, and a case for the projectile.
What would be the proper cartridge case for this projectile? The overall length with the M1907 fuze is right about 11". It is a decent enough projectile, fired unfortunately...and needed to be stripped and re-painted.
I assume the case is just a standard French 75mm Field Gun? You have to have it in hand to really see it, but it trench art'ed...someone stippled in a really nice scene of a German floatplane being attacked by an opposing floatplane, but it is subdued, and you can display one side that is plain or the the art side. Also has a guys name stamped on the head...kind of neat. The mouth was a bit out of round, and belled, but I hammered it back in shape on a mandrel...
I picked this and the case up from a buddy, thought they went together, but discovered the projectile isn't a 75mm, its a 3-inch shrapnel...so I will need to find a projectile for the case, and a case for the projectile.
What would be the proper cartridge case for this projectile? The overall length with the M1907 fuze is right about 11". It is a decent enough projectile, fired unfortunately...and needed to be stripped and re-painted.
I assume the case is just a standard French 75mm Field Gun? You have to have it in hand to really see it, but it trench art'ed...someone stippled in a really nice scene of a German floatplane being attacked by an opposing floatplane, but it is subdued, and you can display one side that is plain or the the art side. Also has a guys name stamped on the head...kind of neat. The mouth was a bit out of round, and belled, but I hammered it back in shape on a mandrel...