sherpadoug
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Last week the History channel had a piece call "Artillery Games". There were several people with reproduction civil war and late 19th century cannon of various sorts. Some were real sticklers for authenticity. What really struck me as odd was that all of them seemed to be firing zinc cannonballs or bullets (bolts). They even showed the production of a hollow zinc Howitzer round.
I have researched the Revwar and WWI periods and I have never heard of zinc projectiles. Revwar seems to be iron or stone. WWI was mostly steel with brass or copper rings. Was there a heyday of zinc that I missed somewhere? These people seemed to try for great accuracy elsewhere. :youcrazy:
I have researched the Revwar and WWI periods and I have never heard of zinc projectiles. Revwar seems to be iron or stone. WWI was mostly steel with brass or copper rings. Was there a heyday of zinc that I missed somewhere? These people seemed to try for great accuracy elsewhere. :youcrazy: