CTG

[DeathGrip]

What CTG is this and what gun does it fit?

Approx. 23 3/8" tall X 4 1/4" at the rim and 3" for the bullet.

I was at my favorite LGS and this followed me home.

Thanks to my friend Allenframe.

Edit to add pic.

 

[diamonback68]

Looks like a 5" 50, maybe Navy.

 

[Darkenfast]

Ya gonna reload it?

 

[diamonback68]

What is stamped on the bottom primer end?

 

[Rule3]

Friend was a Navy Gunner he would know. Send it to me If it fits it ships (use a few of them) I will have him check

He brought in the the base of one not that big, cut them of to make ash trays right above the web. Man it was one heavy piece of brass, Had electronic primer or something.

 

[kwselke]

if it is 3" at the mouth, a guess would be a 75mm or 76mm WW-II tank gun.

 

[Bkreutz]

Looks like a nice walking cane rack to me.

 

[venomballistics]

Looks like a 5" 50, maybe Navy.

pretty close ... but the shoulder don't look quite right

 

[DeathGrip]

What is stamped on the bottom primer end?

Nothing stamped on the bottom.

 

[DeathGrip]

Friend was a Navy Gunner he would know. Send it to me If it fits it ships (use a few of them) I will have him check

He brought in the the base of one not that big, cut them of to make ash trays right above the web. Man it was one heavy piece of brass, Had electronic primer or something.

I can't get a good pic of the bottom. The "primer" goes up into the bottom about 4" and is about 1/2" dia.

 

[DeathGrip]

Ya gonna reload it?

You got enough powder?

 

[mc5aw]

Looks like a zoomed close up of a .22 lr.

 

[DeathGrip]

Looks like a zoomed close up of a .22 lr.

Naw, you got me. It's a .17

 

[pharmer]

Gotta be for a 5 shot "Super Chief" 'cause no way you're getting 6 of them in a gun. Joe

 

[DeathGrip]

I did a little cleaning and found these markings on it.

TB&C Co

3" 50 **L (a large gouge there but most likely Cal )

RRA (anchor symbol) CEC

Lot 245

8 31 17

 

[diamonback68]

These are 3" 50s, main battery fore and aft.

 

[mc5aw]

Here's a link with some interesting information about a casing similar to DeathGrip's. Though dated, the specific info is roughly halfway down the page, courtesy of oldguns.net Q&A info site.

Jan 1998 Questions And Answers

 

[diamonback68]

Here's a link with some interesting information about a casing similar to DeathGrip's. Though dated, the specific info is roughly halfway down the page, courtesy of oldguns.net Q&A info site.

Jan 1998 Questions And Answers

Looks like mc5aw found it above. The picture I posted was my ship and had two 3" 50's. I was the the radar and gun firecontrol technician, but knew very little about the guns they were controlling. All I remember was 3" 50's. In your picture the shell just looked larger.

 

[DeathGrip]

I'm always amazed at the knowledge here.

Thanks,

 

[Texas Star]

What sort of ship is that? A destroyer escort? A corvette? I thouht full destroyers were larger.

I think they did mount five-inch guns. I built a model of one as a kid.

 

[diamonback68]

What sort of ship is that? A destroyer escort? A corvette? I thouht full destroyers were larger.

I think they did mount five-inch guns. I built a model of one as a kid.

It's a Destroyer Escort, the USS DeLong De684. DE's were lighter metal, 1/4" welded versus 3/8" riveted, somewhat shorter, easier to build ships designed to fool the enemy that they were actually Destroyers with all their capability. You are right, Destroyers all had 5" or larger guns, DE's only had 3" 50's.

 

[jeffsmith]

Except the Rudderow & Butler Classes had 2 5in/38 enclosed mounts
and the Delong was a Rudderow

http://destroyerhistory.org/de/rudderowclass/

She was built in the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, MA
where my Grandfather worked

It's a Destroyer escort, the USS DeLong De684. DE's were lighter metal, 1/4" welded versus 3/8" riveted, somewhat shorter, easier to build ships designed to fool the enemy that they were actually Destroyers with all their capability. You are right, Destroyers all had 5" or larger guns, DE's only had 3" 50's.

 

[Kanewpadle]

That's the new zombie round.

 

[diamonback68]

Except the Rudderow & Butler Classes had 2 5in/38 enclosed mounts
and the Delong was a Rudderow

Rudderow-class destroyer escorts in World War II

She was built in the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, MA
where my Grandfather worked

I see what the chart says, but I know for a fact the USS Coates and the USS Darby (Buckley Class) were both in my Squadron in 1952 when I went on board all three were equipped with 2, not 3 as some report, 3" 50's. Possibly they could have been converted between the end of the war 1945 and 1952, I don't know.

 

[deanodog]

At least us old reloaders could find that brass in the tall grass.

 

[Mike McLellan]

I'm guessing it's a Belgium copy.

 

[jgh4445]

Reckon its a +P round?

 

[shouldazagged]

Reckon its a +P round?

I hope not. Then you couldn't use it in a Model 10.

 

[kamloops67]

our range is being recertified for 50 cal rifles, then you got to bring this out and raise the bar again .

 

[mc5aw]

It's a Destroyer Escort, the USS DeLong De684. DE's were lighter metal, 1/4" welded versus 3/8" riveted, somewhat shorter ...

Wait a minute there ... You're saying DeLong was deshorter version?