Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a battlefield dug Civil War Federal Artillery Shell, as used by the Union Army. These projectiles were manufactured in the Federal arsenals, following the design of John P. Schenkl. The sabot system consisted of a "forcing cone" paper sleeve, which was intended to expand into the rifling, then flutter away after firing. It would appear that this projectile was fired, hit its mark and did as it was intended and didn’t explode, giving us this “complete” example! This projectile is completely inert as per BATF compliance with a deactivated fuse.

Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF-approved manner so that they cannot be used as ammunition components for destructive devices, are not considered NFA weapons. This example is in total compliance and is NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT.

This is a very solid shell and overall, the iron is generally smooth, but it does have some finger nail size smooth pits in several place. This was a ground dug item and the iron shell reflects as so. Measures approximately 9 ¾ inches in length.

A wonderful example of a projectile forgotten to time. Comes ready to display.