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The Civil War Relicman,
Harry Ridgeway

Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!)
I am a collector buying and selling authentic Civil War Relics

 

Artillery of the Civil War
Mullane shells (Confederate)

All items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described.   

All artillery items listed  have been disarmed and rendered inert. 

Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.    

A1517    Mullane bourreleted long nose shell, Type I copper sabot, wood fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in. 

Bourreleted Mullane shell. Shell is often rough cast with poor quality metal. Length of nose varies considerably and is partly the result of how much the nose was milled to accommodate the wood fuse. Type I sabot is copper disc held in place by three studs cast into the shell, held by a long center bolt, copper sabot was cupped and relatively loose. Performance of this shell was unsatisfactory, typically the sabot flew off on firing. Cast for a wood fuse. 
Metal shows modest pitting, rare to get fired example with sabot intact, this one is nice example showing the distress of firing, wood fuse is missing. 
Recovered: central Virginia 
Diameter 2.94 inch, length 9 in overall (7 in exclude bolt & studs) 
Ref: D & G pg. 203 (long nose, long bolt, cupped sabot)         Sold!

A2009     Mullane bourreleted short nose shell, Type I copper sabot flush mounted, wood fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.
 
Bourreleted Mullane shell. Shell is often rough cast with poor quality metal. Length of nose varies considerably and is partly the result of how much the nose was milled to accommodate the wood fuse. Type I sabot is copper disc held in place by three studs cast into the shell, held by a short center bolt, copper sabot was fastened flush with the bottom. Performance of this shell was unsatisfactory, typically the sabot flew off on firing. Cast for a wood fuse.
Wood fuse, partially intact along with all three studs, center bolt and sabot with rifling partly bent up from firing.
Recovered: Richmond, Va
Diameter 2.94 in., length 8.0 in. (6.5 in exclude bolt & studs)
Ref: D & G pg. 203 (short nose, short bolt, flush mounted)         $750.00

A0897     Tennessee (Mullane) Type II sabot, long shell - Confederate Brooke rifle, 6.4 in. 

Tall shell with bourrelet rings, sabot is heavy copper disc, type II with studs in the disc. Archer percussion fuse (Jones pg. 62) 
Confederate copper fuse sleeve only, sabot intact It is rare to find one of these shells with a sabot, It is rare to find one of these shells with a sabot, metal solid moderate pitting.
Recovered: Charleston, SC defenses 
Diameter 6.3 inch, length 12.5 inch, 
Ref: Kerksis & Dickey pg.136, See Bell pg. 426 for pattern different caliber. 
Ref: Bell Heavy Ord, not listed     $1,800.00

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