Picked up Sectioned Bofor Projectile Sectioned Russian Shrapnel

[Gspragge]

The Bofor is self explanitory and quite nice. The Contract
Russian shrapnel (WW1 U.S.,I don't believe we ever made thes ein Canada) came with the correct case which was unmarked.
I put my plugged HE into the case instead of the cutaway.
A little cleaning on the Bofor revealed these markings on the body. The finish was shellac when they made it.
XK 28305
C
40MM ll-T
BS
MH/O or C ? not clear
7-42

I did a light cleaning and removed surface rust on some of the surfaces and re-shellaced the areas where it
was, outside body and exposed body edges from the cut.
I adde new images which I hope are better than the first ones.

 

[Weasel]

Nice finds Gordon,
I like the sectioned 40mm Bofors.

 

[wingsofwrath]

I really like the sectioned Russian shrapnel, especially since the fuze is one of the less common variants of the Scovill 150 "делен" (lit. "division", an Imperial Russian lenght measurement equalling 45m) partially made of aluminium, whereas all other variants of the Scovill (US 1907, UK No.85) are made of brass/bronze.

 

[US-Subs]

There were variants of the 1907 that were partially steel as well -

 

[US-Subs]

 

[wingsofwrath]

Huh, didn't know that.
Also, am I seeing correctly and it says "Model 1907" on it? Of the examples I've seen most were marked "Model 1907 M" the earliest of which was dated 1914, so I think this one could be earlier, unless they varied production at different manufacturing centres (I've seen 1907s marked "Scovill", "ALCO" and "FA").
Speaking of which, "FA" is, I believe, Frankford Arsenal, but I don't know enough about their lot numbers to tell when this was made.

 

[Gspragge]

The sectioned Russian and the Proof projectile have very different daimeter openings and thread types for the two very different fuzes.
The solid dummy fuze has fisures and sand abrasions in the direction of rotation from the landing -