Sponge and Rammer

Federal

Dyer

 

DIAMETER:  2.47 inches
GUN:  2.5-inch Rifle
LENGTH:  7 1/4 inches
WEIGHT:  8 pounds 2 ounces
CONSTRUCTION:  Solid Shot
SABOT:  Lead cup
FUZING:  None

Federal 2.5-inch Dyer Bolt
This projectile is of post-war manufacture.  A longer solid-shot (bolt) variety is 9 1/4 inches long.  There are no Civil War battlefield recovered specimens of this variety.