Schenkl Artillery Shell

Schenkl Artillery Shell - Inventory Number: ART 458

Union 10- Schenkl shell. These projectiles were manufactured in the Federal arsenals, following the design of John P. Schenkl. The rounded nose on this pattern indicates it is case-shot. The Schenkl employed a papier-mâché' sabot which helped decrease humidity-related swelling. Since the papier-mâché' sabot fit so tightly in the bore, no flame could pass to light the conventional time fuze. A self-igniting fuze was used to correct this problem. However, the combination fuze worked very poorly with only approximately a 55% success rate accounting for this unexploded example.  This shell has seven raised ribs on the tapered cone. Very nice example.

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Inventory Number: ART 458