Confederate 7-Inch Broun Shell, Type 2 (BRN-SH-14), manufactured for the 7-inch Brooke Rifle, likely Selma Arsenal, Alabama, c.1863–1865.

One of the rarest surviving examples of Confederate heavy naval ordnance offered on today’s collector market.

This massive projectile closely matches the dimensions and construction of the 7-Inch Broun Shell, Type II (BRN-SH-14) illustrated in Jack Bell’s Civil War Heavy Explosive Ordnance. Designed for use in the Confederate 7-inch Brooke Rifle, these shells were produced during the American Civil War for heavy coastal defense and naval service.

Features include:

• Approximately 94 pounds
• Approximately 7-inch caliber
• Original high copper Broun sabot remains intact
• Long Type II body profile with single bourrelet
• Time-fuse opening in the nose
• Excellent untouched relic patina
• Inert display specimen

The Broun system represented one of the Confederacy’s most advanced projectile designs. Unlike conventional rifled shells, the Broun projectile utilized a precision-machined copper sabot that simultaneously acted as the rotating band and primary bearing surface. Production is believed to have occurred primarily at the Selma Arsenal and Naval Foundry, Alabama, which manufactured many of the Confederacy’s largest Brooke rifles and naval projectiles. 

Heavy 7-inch Brooke projectiles survive in extremely limited numbers, with the vast majority residing in museums or long-established advanced collections. Examples are seldom encountered on the open market.

An exceptional opportunity to acquire a museum-quality Confederate naval artillery projectile.

Condition: Very good excavated/display condition with original copper sabot intact. Inert. Displays exceptionally well.