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Rifled artillery projectile, Read design, Confederate manufacture, bursting shell, long pattern with smooth sides, wrought iron sabot, rifling precast, copper time fuze, Confederate rifle, 2.9in. Projectile was Confederate manufactured following the prewarinvention of Robert Parrott and John Read working together. The sabot system utilized was a wroughtiron ring, the Confederate version developed by Read is generally thinner than the Federal pattern. Both sides produced a smooth sided long shell, this Confederate version is distinguished by a lathe dimple inthe base, a casting sprue on the nose, and the smooth sides were finished byturning on a lathe. Although the wrought iron sabot was cast much thinner than theFederal counterpart, it still did not take the rifling satisfactorily, threelands and grooves were precast into this sabot . Fuze employed was a Confederate copper time fuze, two spanner holes, Jones pg. 41. Projectile measures: diameter 2.86in., length 8.75in. (excluding the fuze), weight 9lbs. Research Center: Artillery5034-Read, Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 243. Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/Artillery5034-Read.html. |
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