Serious Safety Concern with 3 inch Shell

[Aragorn243]

I'd have never picked this relic up.

Clarify that please, you would not have picked it up because it's in bad shape or could explode at any instant? I didn't buy it, it was included for free with the brass casing I bought. I never saw it until if came out of the box today.

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I wonder if this item has been cleaned (the whole shell)

Now that you mention it, the whole thing should be covered in rust. Probably has been cleaned. Bottom still rusty however.

If the thing is safe, I might clean it up, fill in the missing metal, paint it and stick it in the end of the casing. I have three 3 inch 50 cal practice rounds all complete, one has a removable tip, the other is pointed but not removable, the third looks just like this one, shorter and round top.