Cannonball or shot put?

[Travyboy78]

Good afternoon everyone. My father picked this up along his travels years ago. We can't identify what it is. Looks to be for shot put, but similar is being sold as a civil war cannonball? Only thing I can see on it is the "4 K" and the seam.
Any help on identifying this would be appreciated, as I know nothing on this subject.
Thank you,
Travis

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[lucusloc]

4k makes if almost assuredly shotput. Cannonballs are almost never marked for weight, and if they were American ones would be in pounds.

 

[Travyboy78]

That's what I was thinking. We fought a war so we didn't have to use kilos.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Yep...looks like a shot putt.
Neat find regardless.
Andy

 

[Knobgoblin]

Best
Day
Magnet Fishing
Ever!!

 

[DLS]

That's a youth shot put. The 4k weight is for the male U15 age category.

 

[TTSX]

We should use the metric system but I'm not surprised we don't.

 

[Mark W.]

I have one I found in the alley besides the house soon after we bought the place in 88. but it was there quite a while and is in much rougher condition. I never thought to weigh it in Kilo's I was trying to figure out if it as a shot put weighing it in pounds. As this thing has to if its a shot put date back to at least the 60's for the condition its in. It currently locked up or I would reweigh it, It looks like mine is a little bigger unless you have really really big hands

 

[NeoBlackdog]

Yep, shotput, but in a pinch I reckon you could use it as a cannonball!

 

[kmk1012]

My 14yo son has been doing this for the school in the off football season. He is a ringer for them. The school hadn't won the shot put event in decades, haven't lost one since he joined. @Travyboy78 how far can you toss it? I'd be curious to compare distances with my boy

 

[Travyboy78]

I have one I found in the alley besides the house soon after we bought the place in 88. but it was there quite a while and is in much rougher condition. I never thought to weigh it in Kilo's I was trying to figure out if it as a shot put weighing it in pounds. As this thing has to if its a shot put date back to at least the 60's for the condition its in. It currently locked up or I would reweigh it, It looks like mine is a little bigger unless you have really really big hands

Looks like it is 8.8lbs.
Some would say I have big hands.

 

[Travyboy78]

My 14yo son has been doing this for the school in the off football season. He is a ringer for them. The school hadn't won the shot put event in decades, haven't lost one since he joined. @Travyboy78 how far can you toss it? I'd be curious to compare distances with my boy

I haven't tried it yet. I'll give it a shot next time I'm out at my parents place!

 

[CamoDeafie]

Shotput; but I suppose given the weight, a 9 pounder replica black powder smoothbore cannon would launch that pretty well if it fits the bore

 

[TTSX]

Gotta buy a whole cannon just to fire one shotput.





Worth it

 

[CamoDeafie]

Gotta buy a whole cannon just to fire one shotput.





Worth it

We have people build or buy whole guns just for 1 case they have in a caliber they didn't own before as well as build whole new gun around a stock, or extra barrel

 

[red442joe]

We have people build or buy whole guns just for 1 case they have in a caliber they didn't own before as well as build whole new gun around a stock, or extra barrel

Are you mocking me?

Joe

 

[Idaho44]

NOT a canon ball or shotput. It's for a 'stamp mill' to crush the rock to extract the mineral.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Are you mocking me?

Joe

No...?

 

[Travyboy78]

NOT a canon ball or shotput. It's for a 'stamp mill' to crush the rock to extract the mineral.

Never heard of such a thing, but that is what it looks like after looking it up. That would explain the very rough texture.

 

[Bobbygun]

NOT a canon ball or shotput. It's for a 'stamp mill' to crush the rock to extract the mineral.

What are you trying to do? Kill the thread by throwing in some facts?