a New Zealand shell

[whiskers]

Hi My husband found a pile of these about 40 years ago at a dump in Canterbury New Zealand. He managed to save one. His father dumped the rest :tinysmile_angry_t:

It is a 90mm dia base of what appears to be cast iron shell with the numbers

78(or9)82

10

SC
4421
1/42

It is a little corroded so there may be more ID marks, very heavy & 330mm from base to where the tip has been removed. It has some threading around the base which is flat not dished.
Forgive my inexperience with the terminology.
Husband thinks maybe bren gun or similar?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[kahu1]

Hi Whiskers,

Welcome aboard.

Any chance of a photo?.

Your description is a bit vague,does it have a driving band?(copper band near the base).From what i know has come out of the area and what you have described,i would say a 3.7" HE Projectile.Definitely not a bren as they fired .303.

Does it look like this (maybe without the copper band)?

cheers Bob