Cannon ball plug ?

Mark1985

Mark1985

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Looks like some type of lead plug will post measurements soon

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Your guess is correct. It is the lead "sideplug" from a Confederate "Sideloader" Case-Shot shell. In the photo below, which shows a sawed-in-half "Sideloader" Case-Shot, you can see the sawed-in-half lead sideplug, screwed into the threaded side-loading hole, at approximately the 10 o'clock position of the shell's curved iron body.
 

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Nice thanks as always cannon dug these today to :) image-3492230019.jpg my first Box plate and my second breastplate in two weeks.



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Not bad for 2 weeks worth of hunting
 

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Hand forged whats it?…….

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