On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:02:31 -0500, Ignoramus4271
wrote:

On 2011-10-01, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2011-10-01, Ignoramus4271 wrote:
While sorting through a $5 auction junk lot today, I found an artillery
shell casing. I had no time to measure it, but it looks like it is
from a 120mm or 152mm shell or something like that. The casing, of
course, is spent.

My first question is, is it legal, but I assume it is.

It certainly should be.

My second question is, does it have any value at all. I looked on ebay
and have not found much.

Pour a couple of inches of lead into the bottom, perhaps put a
soft rim on the edge of the case, and use it for an umbrella/walking
stick stand by the front door. :-)

Would also be good to use it as a newspaper receptacle under the
mailbox.

i

An idea I had when dealing with the mailbox baseball aficianados was
to hang a "bomb" made from 6" heavy wall pipe from chains as a mail
receptacle. Was even going to paint a nice target for them on the
side. I figured that'd ring their chimes. Nixed by SWMBO.

Pete Keillor