3-INCH DYER CASE SHOT

3-INCH DYER CASE SHOT

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Item Code: 2026-1293

Another case of mistaken identity. This case shot is prominently marked on one side in old white paint “C.S.” in an oval over “BLAKELY” with the initials “T.I.W.” below in slightly smaller letters, also white paint. The reasons for that identification are unclear, but it would nowadays be considered a US 3-inch Dyer case shot. The fuze plug is long gone from the round nose, but the lead (or zinc and lead) base cup is still there, in good condition and showing the expected four deep flame grooves to ensure ignition of a time fuze in the nose. It also shows the wide groove or step-down left between the upper edge of the sabot cup and lower edge of the shell body in an effort to better allow for expansion of the cup to take the rifling of the cannon barrel. Dyer projectiles came in for some criticism for the tendency of the base cup to detach in flight, the cup being cast onto a tinned iron sheet applied to the bottom of the shell, but they were widely used in all theatres from 1861-64 and show up at Fort Fisher in an 1865 context as well. An improved sabot cup remedying the problem seems to have been adopted in late 1864.

This is in very good condition with just a crusty surface with shallow pitting and deep brown color. The base cup is in place, fully intact, and shows as gray with some white and cream color corrosion, and a couple of dings along the bottom edge, but with the flame grooves still sharp.  [sr][ph:L]

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