Confederate
Read
DIAMETER: 2.94 inches
GUN: 3-inch wrought iron (ordnance) rifle
LENGTH: 7 5/16 inches
WEIGHT: 8 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Shell
SABOT: Copper ring
FUZING: Wooden fuze plug, paper time fuze
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Confederate
DIAMETER: 2.94 inches |
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| This particular Read pattern was developed because of the necessity to save man hours and tooling costs. Instead of having to turn the entire length of the projectile body on a lathe, only the two bourrelets needed to be machined to tolerance. This projectile is an example of an early bourreleted Read pattern manufactured for a wooden fuze plug. Note the distinct mold seam running the entire length of the projectile body. The copper sabot shows excellent rifling impressions from the 3-inch rifle wrought iron (ordnance) rifle. | ||||