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CS RIFLED 32-POUNDER HARDING SHELL

Currency:USD Category:Sporting Goods / Outdoor Sports Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,750.00 USD
CS RIFLED 32-POUNDER HARDING SHELL
CS RIFLED 32-POUNDER HARDING SHELL. Excavated. Fired. Missing wood fuse plug. Having a wonderful Harding copper sabot with seven distinct impressions from the lands and grooves. On the base are two holes drilled during conservation and for disarming. Fired by the Confederates from Seccessionville, South Carolina at the Union batteries on Long Island. Manufactured at the Charleston Arsenal under Harding's supervision; the only known manufacturing site for these shells. CONDITION: Nose has moderate ground action and the shell cylinder light ground action. Couple chips out of iron body near sabot. 4-55921 JM171 (1,000-1,750)