Artillery shell identification

[okc_bob]

Found some grape/canister shot today & also picked up what I thought was a James shell fragment. The balls are rusty & magnetic.
However the shell frag is not magnetic. It?s not lead & has some green on it. Could it be bronze?


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[Muley Gil]

I don't know squat about artillery, but didn't some shells have brass, bronze bands around them?

[okc_bob]

Yes, I found out it?s a brass sabot from a 100lb parrott shell.

[Muley Gil]

It probably took two powder monkeys to carry the charge for that one! :D