I walked into an Antique shop to look at a Kukri knife but...

[Flying10uk]

ended up coming out of the door with these items. I applied my general rules of engagement here when buying of if the item looks cheaply priced, interesting or rare to buy. I would appreciate some information on the shell case, please, which I assume to be from Continental Europe and of 75mm calibre. The number "1's" look to be in the Continental style as well as it being in a metric calibre. I looks to be dated 1910 but that's about all I can gather from it other than it doesn't look to be British. Thanks for any info.

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[Cosine26]

I believe that the shell casing is from a French 75 of WWI VINTAGE. I have several my father brought home from his time in the AEF.
FWIW

[Aragorn243]

Get yourself a baseball bat and a hammer and tap those dents out of the shell.

[matthanne1]

Schneider 75mm

[browningautorifle]

tap those dents out of the shell.

I agree, a bit of madrell work...

[CINDERS]

But for the love of Mike please use a nylon or rubber mallet not a ball peen or even a hard wood mallet I use a weighted nylon mallet if I have the projie and it has to be painted I use that as a mandrel if its not being painted due to stenciling on it I have a few projies that I use to round up the mouths.

[Aragorn243]

I just stick the baseball bat in the shell and roll it while tapping with the hammer. It spreads the impact out and doesn't over dent the lip.

[browningautorifle]

a nylon or rubber mallet

I just stick the baseball bat in the shell

I use these methods too, successfully. I've had a double sided soft hammer for years for this.

[Flying10uk]

I'll probably start with a rubber mallet and progress to a nylon one if needed, of which I have both. Using a baseball bat as a mandrel sounds like a good idea, although I don't currently have one. I have tended to use the point of a blacksmith's anvil as a mandrel for something like this in the past but a wood mandrel may well be better.

[30Three]

It looks like a 75mm French field gun shell. These guns were capable of firing 20 rounds per minute with a good gun crew.
I have one shell case that has been engraved and brought home by a french soldier; I assume that he was on the "Chemin des Dames" because the village "Craonne" was wiped out during that campaign.
The head stamps are similar style to your case. The case has a slight neck reduction near the top.
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