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| Winchester, Virginia
USA, changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!
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| Civil War artillery, Relicman sales catalog. All items listed are authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described. All artillery items listed have been disarmed. Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission. |
| A2663...Rifled artillery projectile, Broun design,
Confederate manufacture, solid bolt, long pattern with bourrelet rings
and blunt nose, copper
ring sabot, Brooke rifle,
7
in. Projectile was Confederate
manufactured following William Broun's design. The sabot system utilized was a thin
copper band sabot, notched into the base of the projectile. This pattern projectile utilized
a wide bourrelet band at the top, the sabot was slightly larger than the rest of
the projectile and served as a second bourrelet, as a labor saving device, only the rings had to be accurately
machined, the rest could be left rough. The top is only
slightly rounded, this flat top was designed to deliver maximum impact against
the Federal ironclads. Reference: Bell, Heavy Ordnance, pg. 201.    Projectile measures: diameter 6.9in., length 13.5in. weight 120lbs. Heavy high band sabot is un-fired. Metal solid with some pitting, sabot intact. projectile disarmed, solid iron casting never had a cavity or bursting charge. Recovered: Mobile Alabama defenses. For sale............ $2,000. Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/RelicmanSalesArtillery-A2663.html. |