Is this 12 lb borman shell safe

[Jordan M.E. Williams]

Welcome aboard from Alabama and if you are still concerned about powder in the ball, place it in a bucket of water and see if any powder comes out with the water after it has soaked a while.

I had hoped the solution would be to plug the hole and load it into a cannon, all before firing said cannon of course.

 

[TomP]

As an unapologetic artillery nerd I have to add...there is no such thing as a Borman shell. The Borman fuse was used on a number of different types of projectiles, smoothbore balls as well as rifled projectiles.

I'll sit down and be quiet now.

Tom

 

[petroguy]

I kinda shortened it down to a Borman cannonball vs. the very long title, but thanx for the help

 

[redbob]

I kinda shortened it down to a Borman cannonball vs. the very long title, but thanx for the help

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