10-pounder CS Read Shell

Confederate

Read

DIAMETER: 2.86 inches
GUN: 10-pounder Parrott rifle, 2.9-inch caliber
LENGTH: 8 7/8 inches
WEIGHT: 9 pounds 6 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Case shot
SABOT: Copper ring
FUZING: Copper fuze plug, paper time fuze

This unfired specimen has one flame groove cut out of the high copper sabot. It contains case shot that was loaded through the fuze opening. Note the packing tow in the fuze plug. The packing tow protected the powder charge from foreign matter and was removed prior to the insertion of a paper time fuze.