Federal

Stafford

 

DIAMETER:  2.96 inches
GUN:  3-inch rifle
LENGTH:  8 1/4 inches
WEIGHT:  8 pounds 7 ounces
CONSTRUCTION:  Shell
SABOT:  Brass disk
FUZING:  Hotchkiss brass fuze plug, paper time fuze
This is the shell variety of the patented Charles W. Stafford projectile.  The same comments apply as those on the specimen pictured here.  There are no known battlefield recoveries of the Stafford pattern.