Confederate
Unknown
DIAMETER: About 6.4 inches
GUN: 6.4-inch Brooke Rifle
LENGTH: About 11 1/2 inches
WEIGHT: About 70 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Bolt
SABOT: Copper
FUZING: None
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Confederate
DIAMETER: About 6.4 inches |
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| This is a very modern, in concept, armor punching bolt. It has a ratcheted head, to bite the armor and a considerable amount of the projectile body milled away to lighten the projectile, in order to gain a higher velocity. The sabot is affixed by means of a large square projection on the base of the projectile, slopes splines on the projectile base, fitting into corresponding grooves in the sabot and a large iron bolt. | ||||