3" Navy Casing

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BoogieMan

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First off- Let me make it very clear I have no intention of reloading this thing. Not at all in any way.
I didnt know where else to post this on the forum. I have always wanted a large case to use for a bank or just set in the corner of the reloading room. Over the weekend I found a 3" navy case at a flea market for $20 and couldnt resist. I would like to find a bullet to place in top of case to have it look complete. Or, if I can t find a bullet at a reasonable cost I will spin up a wooden or aluminum bullet to look like the real thing. Any idea where I can either find a bullet or find specs on bullets that could be fired from this cannon?
For S&G what type of propellant would be used in one of these things? The primer is nothing like we use and on the inside it sticks up 4-5" and appears to be about 5/16" dia. I assume that is to get contact with more of the charge.
 
When I was in the Navy the Captain wanted 2 of those for Quarterdeck decorations. We took 2 spent 5" casings and had wooden bullets turned down for them. The turner used laminated blanks because solid blanks that size would have invariably cracked (especially in a humid coastal environment).

Check around for local woodworking clubs. Those are frequently populated with retired guys just aching for nice projects like that. You can probably get it done for the price of some scrap wood and a case of beer.
 
I don't expect the price of the shell is going to be an issue. It's the cost of the loading press and seater die that will hurt.:D
 
"...This is a 3"-50 cal..." Silly Boat People don't know a 76.2mm shell when they see one. snicker.
Since you can machine, use Al. Wood will always look like wood. And need painting regularly.
 
In my opinion, you are better off putting a wood bullet on the front. If you put a metal projectile, the executor of your estate will have EOD explode the thing under controlled conditions.
 
In my opinion, you are better off putting a wood bullet on the front. If you put a metal projectile, the executor of your estate will have EOD explode the thing under controlled conditions
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I was actually thinking of going all out with the bullet. I have seen a few done by machinists with graduations on them. I want it to look as real as possible.

Be absolutely sure that the priming system in that case is spent
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It does have a firing pin detent in the primer and the case mouth has some soot as though it has been fired. I would imagine that a primer that large could pack quite a pop. The case is steel with what appears to be a screw in primer. I will post a pic later.

I don't expect the price of the shell is going to be an issue. It's the cost of the loading press and seater die that will hurt.
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I have a 5T arbor press and a 60T "H" press. I could probably get it in there. :D
If a 460W has 100lbs of recoil with a 600gr bullet what must this have with 15lbs of powder and 11lb of bullet.
 
This was a popular shop project back in the olden times.

This was a popular shop project back in the olden times.

In Junior High wood shop I probably turned a dozen artillery loads,,,
The artillery cases were everywhere in surplus stores.

We did turn some from laminated pieces,,,
But we did it just for the looks alone,,,
I never thought about humidity.

Aarond

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Pretty sure the later 3" 50 rounds

were electrically primed.

I was in U.S.S. Nashville, LPD 13 in early ninties and that ship originally had 3" gun mounts for AA defence. The guns were removed and replaced with two CIWS mounts.

The forward gun tub remained as part of the superstructure.

The tub was used as the staging area for trash while at sea.

As a humorous side note, our commanding officer was a former smoker and my observation is that people who once smoked but quit are a little fanatical about smoking. It becomes such a life changer that many of them think that everyone who smokes should quit.

In the mid eighties it became customary that sailors could smoke only outside the skin of the ship. So authorized smoking areas were designated on the weather decks.

This C.O. designated the gun tub as the combination trash staging area and authorized smoking area. I don't know how many sailors quit smoking during his tenure. But I do remembers sailors who smelled of both cigarette smoke and garbage.
 
I got lucky, I was in Canada when someone ask me "You want that", and we all know the answer is "YES!" every time. I recognized the round as being very popular at Fort Hood during the mid 50 to the early 60s on the tank range. Everything we fired came in kits. I have a brother in-law that was at Fort Sill, he was on the gun that landed a 280MM round in a school yard in Lawton. Someone decided to take full advantage of the full range of the BIG CANNON. That required firing over Lawton.

F. Guffey

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"were electrically primed.

I was in U.S.S. Nashville, LPD 13 in early ninties and that ship originally had 3" gun mounts for AA defence. The guns were removed and replaced with two CIWS mounts. "

Yep, I rode that Gator Freighter as well in the late 80's. Did the blue nose on it. As you said, that was the case. Same went for the U.S.S. Austin.
 
It becomes such a life changer that many of them think that everyone who smokes should quit.
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Not when you include a public service announcement. I smoked, there was nothing someone could say to me that would cause me to quit. I was an addict. And then? One day I quit, I had to make my mind up. That was in 78.

F. Guffey
 
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