✅ SOLVED Cannon Ball ??

[G.A.P.metal]

Is this a Cannon ball asking for a friend.
12.2 lbs.
4 1/2 inches across.

 

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[Fat]

I’m not the expert but I think that is a HighSchool shotput.

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Not to nit pick, but if you are correct it's a "shot."

The activity is "putting the shot" - the shot is "put," not thrown. The the sport is "shot put."

My Dad used to correct people on TV - guess I got it from him.

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo

 

[Fat]

I threw it 50 feet feet in high school. Average at best...

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

That iron ball meets the rigorous criteria for being an actual historical cannonball.
1- Its 4.50-inches diameter is within the very narrow range specified by the US 1861 Ordnance Manual for a 12-Pounder caliber Solid-Shot cannonball.
Cannon bore, shot, and shell diameters for smoothbore guns
2- Its precisely-measured weight of 12.2 pounds is also within the very narrow range specified in the Manual for that caliber of cannonball.
3- Its body appears to be a "True Sphere" -- like a glass marble, no out-of-roundness, or lumps, bumps, or flat spots, or raised band on its surface.

Lastly... this ball's Diameter-To-Weight Ratio proves it is made of simple cast-iron, not steel. That is important because the Ordnance Manual says all cannonballs were to be made of cast-iron. Steel is used for Ore/Rock-crusher balls, because it is much stronger than cast-iron.

By the way:
Sports Shot-Put balls are very carefully manufactured to weight EXACTLY the weight in pounds or kilograms which is prescribed in that sport's rules. That is why some Shot Put balls have a plugged hole in them, to let you add or subtract a slight amount of weight (usually in the form of lead pellets) so the ball will weigh PRCISELY what the Sports Regulation specifies. A 12-pound Shot Put ball will always weight exactly 12.00 pounds. Therefore, this ball's precisely-measured weight (12.2 pounds) also proves it is not a Sports Shot-Put ball.

 

[Tony in SC]

That's pretty good! My grandkids laughed when I told them that I ran high hurdles in high school

I threw it 50 feet feet in high school. Average at best...

 

[G.A.P.metal]

That iron ball meets the rigorous criteria for being an actual historical cannonball.
1- Its 4.50-inches diameter is within the very narrow range specified by the US 1861 Ordnance Manual for a 12-Pounder caliber Solid-Shot cannonball.
Cannon bore, shot, and shell diameters for smoothbore guns
2- Its precisely-measured weight of 12.2 pounds is also within the very narrow range specified in the Manual for that caliber of cannonball.
3- Its body appears to be a "True Sphere" -- like a glass marble, no out-of-roundness, or lumps, bumps, or flat spots, or raised band on its surface.

Lastly... this ball's Diameter-To-Weight Ratio proves it is made of simple cast-iron, not steel. That is important because the Ordnance Manual says all cannonballs were to be made of cast-iron. Steel is used for Ore/Rock-crusher balls, because it is much stronger than cast-iron.

By the way:
Sports Shot-Put balls are very carefully manufactured to weight EXACTLY the weight in pounds or kilograms which is prescribed in that sport's rules. That is why some Shot Put balls have a plugged hole in them, to let you add or subtract a slight amount of weight (usually in the form of lead pellets) so the ball will weigh PRCISELY what the Sports Regulation specifies. A 12-pound Shot Put ball will always weight exactly 12.00 pounds. Therefore, this ball's precisely-measured weight (12.2 pounds) also proves it is not a Sports Shot-Put ball.

Thank you Cannonballguy for your information !
We knew it was not a shot-put, or crushing ball .
The ball was found by a neighbor's 9 year old son "Eyeballed" it in a field.
Gary

 

[pepperj]

Thank you Cannonballguy for your information !
We knew it was not a shot-put, or crushing ball .
The ball was found by a neighbor's 9 year old son "Eyeballed" it in a field.
Gary

Now that's a cool find for a 9yr old-certainly bragging points.