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17 Pounder AP Shot

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peregrinvs

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IMG_1892.jpegIMG_1893.jpegGot this today for £20. Well rusted, but unfired with intact drive bands.

Dilemma: Do I try and give it a full filler and paint make over? (Not easy given the amount of metal loss and I don’t own a lathe to evenly smooth it off) Or do I just clean it up and go with the ‘corroded metal has a certain aesthetic quality of its own’ approach?

What do others think?
 
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