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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:38:35 AM EDT
Ive had it since I was a kid, a neighbor gave it to me when I was about 8 along with some of his old uniforms.
I wish I had included some thing for scale, but it's about 3ish feet high and maybe 6-7 inches across at base. (Just guesses, I took these pics and I'm not near the shell right now to add more info.) 
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:41:49 AM EDT
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A BFG, sorry could not help myself. I am not sure
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:44:16 AM EDT
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Chuck Norris used to carry a derringer chambered in that.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:45:12 AM EDT
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looks like a ww2 5 inch naval gun casing, maybe?
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:45:38 AM EDT
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Measure across the mouth opening to get the gun bore diameter. What's the nomenclature on the base? T32E7?
Looks like a 90mm or 105mm M48 or M60 tank main gun casing. Does it say 90 or 105mm on that upper arc? I can't quite read the stampings |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:45:39 AM EDT
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155mm howitzer shell?
Didn't they use a 30-30 blank to ignite the propellant charge? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:46:40 AM EDT
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Looks like a 105.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:46:42 AM EDT
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A BFG, sorry could not help myself. I am not sure 
To add more useless info, it rings very loudly, like a bell when pounded on with an old blue practice rifle grenade  (Don't have that anymore, too bad) and I have used it as a trashcan for paper and smallish items since I got it.
It's been the gun room wastebasket for the last 20 years. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:47:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:50:59 AM EDT
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105s have straight walls.
155s are separate loading and do not have cases. Nor do they use blanks. They use primers. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:51:37 AM EDT
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M19 case. S_T wins, judging by my google searches
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:52:52 AM EDT
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Looks like a 105. It's taller than any of the pics of 105 shells I have found, and necked down.  But the base looks similar. That's what I always called it when I was a kid, but I've been unsure since I found pics way back when.
I've always wondered what it came from. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:54:47 AM EDT
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M19 case. S_T wins, judging by my google searches Think so? The case in the illustration looks stubbier, and I'm pretty sure it's brass, not steel like that says. ETA: Just looked at some pics of them. I think you guys got it. There is a pic of one that's all cleaned up & shiny brass and it looks about the same. Hmm. So, what does everybody think; should I polish it up to look like this? https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=4345&aid=35391&lid=9620738 |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 11:59:41 AM EDT
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That case looks steel to me.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:00:32 PM EDT
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M19 case. S_T wins, judging by my google searches Think so? The case in the illustration looks stubbier, and I'm pretty sure it's brass, not steel like that says. Your picture is rusted steel, and on the case head at the bottom it says MV 3000, a number mentioned in S_T's link, along with T33E7. Also, it appears stubby because it is not a scale illustration. The wavy blank spots that cut vertically across the cartridge diagram are cutouts to fit to space. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:04:40 PM EDT
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Quoted: 105s have straight walls. 155s are separate loading and do not have cases. Nor do they use blanks. They use primers. Yep - M82 percussion primers. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:05:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: looks like a ww2 5 inch naval gun casing, maybe? They used a straight walled casing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:5in38cal_Semifixed_Ammunition.JPG |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:06:13 PM EDT
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105s have straight walls. 155s are separate loading and do not have cases. Nor do they use blanks. They use primers. yep |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:06:36 PM EDT
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M19 case. S_T wins, judging by my google searches Think so? The case in the illustration looks stubbier, and I'm pretty sure it's brass, not steel like that says. Your picture is rusted steel, and on the case head at the bottom it says MV 3000, a number mentioned in S_T's link, along with T33E7. Hmm. Doesn't look like rusted steel in person. The camera flash brought that out on the bottom & made it look like rust, looks more like heat discoloration in person and it's very smooth. I guess I'll hit it with some Flitz & find out. ETA: Color looks almost exactly like this in person (not my pic) 
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:07:12 PM EDT
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105s have straight walls. 155s are separate loading and do not have cases. Nor do they use blanks. They use primers. Yep - M82 percussion primers. There are actually developmental lasers that will replace the need for primers. Since primers come in little metal ammo cans they take up a lot of cube and add a lot of weight, all by themselves. Not to mention that they make automated loading much more difficult than it has to be. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:09:31 PM EDT
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90mm M19 case.
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:09:38 PM EDT
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That case looks steel to me. Kinda looks that way, Brass 105 canister for comparison. 
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:16:16 PM EDT
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That case looks steel to me. Kinda looks that way, Brass 105 canister for comparison. http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/abn_fdc/Forums/Untitled.jpg That's what it looks like in person. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:17:38 PM EDT
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That case looks steel to me. Kinda looks that way, Brass 105 canister for comparison. http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/abn_fdc/Forums/Untitled.jpg That's what it looks like in person. Brass plated steel perhaps? |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:21:26 PM EDT
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That case looks steel to me. Kinda looks that way, Brass 105 canister for comparison. http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/abn_fdc/Forums/Untitled.jpg That's what it looks like in person. Brass plated steel perhaps? Dunno. I guess I'll polish it & see. It's not like it's a priceless collectible and I'm ruining the patina or anything. The rough spots on the base are from years of me dragging it around & dropping it on rough concrete. Where it has shown corrosion (very little since I've had it) it has been a bluish verdigris like you get on brass & copper. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:25:34 PM EDT
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Anyone have any tips for cleaning & polishing something this big? Anything I can soak it in to make it easier?
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:27:40 PM EDT
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The old Battleships had 3 inch guns on them also. Looking for a pic now.
Hmm...40mm Bofors? Here's the 3" naval though |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:34:39 PM EDT
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I think I'm going to buy an inert projectile for it now that I know what it is.
Which one of these do you guys think would look best in it? http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/product.sc?productId=77 |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:42:22 PM EDT
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Looks like it might be one of these................. xm200 90mm shell
http://1919a4.com/showthread.php?14651-wtk-price-of-90mm-xm200-1969-shell 
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:44:06 PM EDT
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Anyone have any tips for cleaning & polishing something this big? Anything I can soak it in to make it easier? Brasso or Nevr Dull and elbow grease. Cleaned up quite a few large pieces of brass that would come up in a scallop drag. |
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Posted: 12/2/2012 12:55:44 PM EDT
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Here's a Grade2 U-Clean-It 90mm AP projo for $49.95 for that shell casing.
http://www.cdvs.us/90mm-inert-AP-projectile-with-windscreen-grade-2-P1525.aspx Grade1 restored pic:  Site also has the 90mm Anti-Personnel 'grapeshot' cannister http://www.cdvs.us/90mm-Anti-personel-grapeshot-projectile-no-grapeshot-P1529.aspx 
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