[skyking]

My humble apologies for bringing this to a rifle and pistol forum, but I am don't know where to find out what I found.
Can anyone tell me what this is from my description.
It is about 2 feet long and 6 inches round. The core is iron that is hollow. This iron core is surrounded by wood. the wood is held into place by three iron bands that are screwed on with slotted countersunk heads.
I'm guessing it is some sort of antique cannon cartridge, but am not sure.
What does everyone think it is?

[chopinbloc]

sounds like uxo (unexploded ordnance) and if so you should not poke it, touch it, look at it, or make fun of it because uxo can go off for any reason or no reason decades after it was intended to ruin someone's day.

[Azrael256]

Could you perhaps post a picture? Any weapon, equipment, or ammunition will usually be identified within an hour around here if you can get a picture.

[skyking]

Sure, I will post a picture of it. However it will probably be next week since the object is not in the same city that I live in and I will not be back to see it until next weekend.

[skyking]

Here are some pictures of my mystery caseing or whatever.

The exterior is wood. The ends are removeable and the center is hollowed out iron. The two bands around the outside are also metal.

I have pictures of it posted at "http://share.shutterfly.com/action/share/view?i=EeINmjhm2ctHDA&open=1&x=1&sm=1&sl=1" You don't have to join to view the pictures.

Can someone please tell me what it is.

[Fred Fuller]

skyking,

If you post a link that you want people to be able to click on and follow, be sure to leave a space immediately before and after the link. I've reposted your link here to make it hot-

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/share/view?i=EeINmjhm2ctHDA&open=1&x=1&sm=1&sl=1

And sorry, your object is a new one on me. Don't recall seeing anything like that before, IRL or in books. Tell me, is there something that looks like a fuse in the base? Neither of your pics shows the bottom of the object. You can see pictures of a very few Civil War era fuses at http://www.relicman.com/artball.htm . If there is anything even remotely like this in the base of that object, I would be extraordinarily leery of it were I you.

It looks to me like some form of grapeshot, case shot or cannister, but I have not ever seen one exactly like that before- not that I am by any means an expert on the subject, of course. Some poking around at http://www.civilwarartillery.com/ might help, or reference to any one of several books on the subject. Of course it might be something entirely different and not and ordnance item at all, unless there is good indication where it came from. Any details would help in ID'ing it.

Next important question- what is the diameter of the object? IOW, what would be the bore size of a gun that this was loaded into?

lpl/nc

[Preacherman]

My best guess is that it's either a training round, designed for use in gun drill, or it's supposed to be filled with gunpowder and small shot for use as canister or shrapnel. Is there a hole anywhere that would be suitable for a fuse?

[mfree]

I think the craftsmanship is much too high-grade for this to be ordnance. Looking at the holes and everything else, could this be a rifling jig? Pumping ram? Some other manner of tool, perhaps possibly even an old dry-docking roller or summat?

Looking at the construction I almost called it a section of sailing mast but the bands are too sunken.

[skyking]

Thanks for all the great input. Since there does not appear to be any suitable place for a fuse in the object, I am leaning toward either a training round or some sort of boating application. I will continue the research and let you know what I find.