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That looks more like it!SCOVILL 1907 M (minus fuse)
Looking at it again, it's very similar but slightly different. No rings below the driving band. But then, I imagine that a different manufacturer may have made one in the exact dimensions needed with slightly different features? There are no markings on it, that I could see without going over it with a magnifying glass.75mm artillery shell that's missing the Scoville M1907 fuse body and interior assembly of 290 lead shrapnel balls.
WW1 era. Used with French, and US 75mm field guns of M1897 types.
Here is a photo of a complete one from the internet.
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Take a look at this video. It has the groves yours does and no taper. Maybe this is the one or similar?Found this at estate sale. Thought I'd put an Ought-6 round and projectile with it for affect!
I didn't know what it was at first and then figured it out. There are fine threads around the inside. The driving band shows it's been fired.
dimensions are.
3" opening and 8 3/8" long
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It could have become an UXO by having an improperly timed fuse, or a fuse that had not been set. But I am guessing, and I have no experience with any ordnance from that period.WWI huh? Wow! Should we believe that it was a practice round? Seeing as it has been down a barrel.
The two grooves below the driving band are not present in the video. But I'd say that the similarities between the two says mine is a shrapnel bomb because of the fine threads at the top inside. I might take this to "The War Room" in Milwaukie and I bet they could ID it. I could also post this on "The Militaria" forum.Take a look at this video. It has the groves yours does and no taper. Maybe this is the one or similar?
I would think that with the timing mechanism missing it would be a fraction of that.It could have become an UXO by having an improperly timed fuse, or a fuse that had not been set. But I am guessing, and I have no experience with any ordnance from that period.
As for price… No idea. But here is an example that is closer to complete, and it is listed as selling for $85.00
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