GETTYSBURG EXPLODED US 3” HOTCHKISS SHELL/CASE SHOT FROM BROWN’S RANCH FARM

GETTYSBURG EXPLODED US 3” HOTCHKISS SHELL/CASE SHOT FROM BROWN’S RANCH FARM

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Item Code: 490-7305

This 3” Hotchkiss shell/case shot was recovered in Gettysburg at the Brown’s Ranch farm, just west of the North Carolina monument, toward Willoughby Run. The round detonated, blowing out part of the nose section, a problem caused by thinner metal at that point, leaving the body and base substantially intact. That was an issue for artillerymen and ordnance, who wanted greater fragmentation and improved the design, but makes for more impressive battlefield relic. The surface is a pleasing brown with shallow pitting. The flame groove is full length on one side, which also shows some of the threading for the fuse adapter. The shell functioned by the propellant charge forcing a base cap against a lead sabot band that was around the base of the shell forcing it to expand and take the rifling of a cannon barrel. The flame grooves were to ensure the propellant charge would in turn ignite the time fuse inserted in the fuze adapter in the nose of the shell, which in turn would set off the explosive charge inside the shell.

This is a good example of a fired, battlefield relic artillery round with good Gettysburg provenance as well.  [sr][ph:L]

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