REPRODUCTION CW ARTILLERY PROJECTILES

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Hello All,
Probably very few of us purchase reproduction items, but I believe that you would enjoy checking out this website:
http://www.cwreplicas.com/catalog.html

The first time I saw Lonnie's products I KNEW they were the REAL excavated stuff...untill I picked one up! They are beautiful and display nicely. Really, the only way to know if they are real or not IS to pick one up off the shelf/table/whatever.

Lonnie made castings of three of my projectiles, and both the originals and repros cannot be told apart except that he mounts his products on nice wooden bases with the projectiles' information printed thereon.

He is always looking for new projectiles to make copies of and will furnish the owner with a FREE copy for the temporary loan of the artifact. (That's how I got my three repro copies...heck, y'all know I'm cheap :roll: ).

Now some of youse guys are probably thinking that poor old Gary is getting some sort of kickback off this advertisment. :grin: Heck, I am honestly embarressed to say that such is not the case. :cry: BUT I DID HONESTLY THINK ABOUT IT, THOUGH, and that ain't no lie! :oops:

Should any of you artillery collectors take a look at what Lonnie offers, please be sure to pay attention to the 3" Read shot from Moorhead, MS. To my knowledge the only CW reference book you will see this particular type shown in is MM. That specimen is one I sold to W. Reid McKee back in 1970. Some friends and I dug 24 (twenty-four) of them one morning in May of that year. Reid paid $60.00 for his. I know where one might be available now for $1000.00 plus shipping. :wink: The repro is a heck of a lot less expensive!! :lol:

Well, got to get to the TV to watch my tape of the 1991 DCI (Drum Corps International for the info of any 'unwashed' out there). Have not viewed it in more than a decade. I always pull for the Velvet Knights who never have and never shall win, and the Cadets from NJ who won with the best DCI show I ever saw many years ago. Yup, I live an exciting life...
Your Pard,
Gary
 
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Wow - hard to tell what is reproduction-

Did he real cast the shells in Iron, or is it painted plastic-


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Lothar,

I've seen these reproductions before and you can't tell them from the real
thing. They are fantastic. They are a type of sealed plaster. Check out his site!

Gary, Very nice chipped base Read. They are not often chipped all the wayaround the base. Being a fired shell, you must have been real busy that morning!

Craig
 
Hello Lothar and Craig,
As Craig suggested, these reproductions seem to be 'some kind of plaster' products. I do not know much about this stuff. The only way I realized the specimens were not the REAL THING was when I picked them up...they were SO lightweight!
Very best regards,
Gary
PS: Lothar, do you think it might be a good idea for Lonnie to insert a weight into each of his products to make them feel as heavy as the original projectile? I have wondered about this myself but was concerned about his having to increase the product price and shipping costs.
 
3" READ BOLT

Hello Craig,
Trying to get caught up here on postings. This topic probably needs its own section, but will give a short comment because of the late hour.

The 3" Read shot/bolt mentioned being reproduced by Lonnie is not a chipped base projectile. We found 24 of them that day...12 in one hole and 12 in another. All were dropped! If you happen to have the 1993 edition of FIELD ARTILLERY PROJECTILES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (Dickey & George) check out the specimen on page 259...I dug it out of one of the same holes in which the bolts were recovered. Have sent correspondance to Pete et al about these projectile types and the circumstances, but never heard back from them. Heck, they were not found in VA so they just ain't IMPORTANT! By the way, the 3" READ bolts Lonnie is reproducing from my original are NOT shown in said book!

My regrets, it's late, and one of my main buttons got pushed.
Gary
 
Replicas

I will probably end up buying some of these to decorate my office. They are awesome. I will never own all the artillery shells. I only own a few, but I would like to have a nice display in my office and I am fearful of bring them to post - the military would probably blow them up. A replica should be nice to display and would not be stolen or raise eyebrows.

Chuck
 
They truly look real

I looked at a few of them at a gas station across from the Vicksburg Battlefield Park. Very very nice work.

wildrider
 
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