✅ SOLVED crimped copper tubes

[unearthed_125]

any ideas on what these are?

Thanks

 

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[ticndig]

Artillery friction primer

 

[mojjax]

Early Maple Sugar Taps ?

 

[Indian Steve]

Cannon fuses?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your finds are definitely late-20th-century-to-present-day reproduction civil war artillery cannon firing primers, known as "friction-primers." You can buy them today on Ebay, in the Civil War Reproduction/Reenactor-equipment category. Yours have been used. The photo below shows some unused ones. I'm sure about all of that because in addition to being a Historical (pre-20th-century) Artillery relic scholar and collector, for over a decade I was a civil war artillery battle reenactor.. I've used those Reproduction cannon-primers myself.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice find and great IDs here!

 

[unearthed_125]

Thanks for the I.D everyone

TheCannonballGuy,

Is it just that specific "style " that is the clue to IDing a repro ?

Thanks

 

[A2coins]

Great info and I'd CBG