Confederate

Brooke, Sub-pattern III

 

DIAMETER:  6.3 inches
GUN: 6.4-inch Brooke Rifle
LENGTH: About 10 1/2 inches
WEIGHT:  About 75 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Bolt
SABOT: Copper, Brooke Ratchet Disc   FUZING: None

This is an extraordinary projectile, what appears to be bourrlets are actually bearing bands of copper.  Only one noted and no doubt an experimental projectile.