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Confederate
Selma
DIAMETER: 3.62 inches
GUN: 20-pounder Parrott rifle, 3.67-inch caliber
LENGTH: 8 15/16 inches
WEIGHT: 16 pounds 6 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Shell, lines of weakness
SABOT: Copper plate
FUZING: Wooden fuze plug, paper time fuze |
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| This Selma Arsenal manufactured projectile has lines of weakness, cast into the
interior of the body, in the form of a six-sided prism. Upon successful detonation, it was
ideally designed, to break the shell into several equal-size fragments, except for the
nose and the base. This extremely rare specimen is unfired. A few unfired specimens have
been recovered from South Carolina. |