We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:06:49 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Since the Castle is supporting 1.5 kids in college, high-end items remain on the wish list and not in the pipeline. While reasons of frugality (and, okay, debt service) have scaled back operations, the mailman or BBT (Big Brown Truck) does still make the occasional delivery. This arrived yesterday. Anybody out there know what it is? Click the pic for high res. Another view is here.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:12:30 -0600 How about a shell for either a 3" ordance rifle or a parrot gun. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6284 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6284 Sat, 28 Aug 2004 13:55:41 -0600 Looks like a WWII-vintage 90 or 105 mm tank main gun penetrator round, maybe British, since my examples of the US version have rifling on the aft end. Maybe 50s era recoilless rifle. Looks like a fuze plug at the top, definitely a coupling ring at the bottom, so I think I'm okay. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6263 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6263 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:16:11 -0600 I know..I know....that there is one of them thingies that them there alaskans use in the pipe line to get rid of clogs, yep http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6261 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6261 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:07:08 -0600 It's a dummy round--check the diameter and you'll get an idea of the tube it went with, i.e., field artillery or naval gun. it's too stubby to be a tank round. Best guesses are it was either used for 1. gun drills with dry-firing (check the wear pattern around the body) or 2. it incorporated a sub-caliber device for using the tube in an anti-marmot role... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6255 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6255 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:16:55 -0600 I'd say it looks like a 2 pounder projectile but with out something for scale and the lack of markings on it makes it hard to tell. If it's a 2 pounder it's missing the driving band as well. Perhaps a demilled 2 Pounder HE shell? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6244 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6244 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:25:48 -0600 The indentation on the bottom makes it look like a shell, but it does not seem right. Also the fact that the photo does not show the bottom well. So here goes. Either a dummy practice round, or a decorative shell that is hollowed out for liquor. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6243 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6243 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:42:01 -0600 I'm pulling this out of my lower oriface, but it looks to me like that is either a dummy round or a round that uses seperate powder rather than a cartrage. My guess is that it is a round from a ships cannon or similar, where the round is placed in the breach and bags of powder are placed behind it. But I'm not really conversant in ammo or milstuff, so it is a major WAG. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6242 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6242 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:20:54 -0600 Tank main gun round? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6239 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/castle_argghhhs_newest_acquisition.html#comment-6239 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:57:51 -0600