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Sectioned 18 pr HE PD
- Thread starter Gspragge
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Hi Mike, The sectioned round is a HE. HE are painted Buff, Shrapnel Black, Shrapnel also has much thinner walls. Are your balls still set in pitch? can you show us a picture ?
Cheers
Gary
ben2000
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Ouch! that sounds painful!!! .. . . On a serious note though, Great shell :tinysmile_fatgrin_t
Here's a picture of a sectioned 18 pdr shrapnell shell:
That is original paint on the 18 pdr HE and the shrapnel, only the push plate inside the latter though.If I was able to get the shipping plug
off, I could complete it from another which is complete. The other is a
4.5, it has been polished and was nickle plated, though I got most of that off of it.
It lost it's markings and is a blank slate. Did I post this 6"? , poor storage so no
visible date left etc., cat food for scale. Nice sectioned shrapnel. Years ago I had a 1/2
sectioned one in a wood frame case and projectile a great ww1 training aid.
off, I could complete it from another which is complete. The other is a
4.5, it has been polished and was nickle plated, though I got most of that off of it.
It lost it's markings and is a blank slate. Did I post this 6"? , poor storage so no
visible date left etc., cat food for scale. Nice sectioned shrapnel. Years ago I had a 1/2
sectioned one in a wood frame case and projectile a great ww1 training aid.
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Some cracking pieces there Gspragge. And that 6"....I'd bite your hand off to slot that into my collection! Never seen one as good as that, and with a brass adapter ring too. Makes mine look positively knackered. Been searching for a nice 6" HE for years...
Excuse my ignorance, but that thing sitting on top of the 4.5, is it a fuse setter? Or just an adapter for carrying the shell around?
Excuse my ignorance, but that thing sitting on top of the 4.5, is it a fuse setter? Or just an adapter for carrying the shell around?
It is a fuze setter, missing some small bits so not functioning. I know of a better 6" with a post ww1 inscription as to where it was made, but the buggers want $500 for it ~
I will re-post some images of the fuze setter.
I will re-post some images of the fuze setter.
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Cheers Gspragge,
Lovely little tool and an interesting description. Seems to me like 6" HE's don't surface that often? Maybe I'm wrong. I've traded 3 in for better examples already and each time they get a little better in terms of condition.
At this rate though, I think on my 58th trade or thereabouts, I'll get one with at least some remnants of markings on it......
$500? Not cast in solid Gold is it?.....Phew!.... Mind you, at least they seem to appear more over there?
Regards
Lovely little tool and an interesting description. Seems to me like 6" HE's don't surface that often? Maybe I'm wrong. I've traded 3 in for better examples already and each time they get a little better in terms of condition.
At this rate though, I think on my 58th trade or thereabouts, I'll get one with at least some remnants of markings on it......
$500? Not cast in solid Gold is it?.....Phew!.... Mind you, at least they seem to appear more over there?
Regards
