Confederate

Selma

 

DIAMETER:  3.60 inches
GUN:  Rifled 6-pounder smoothbore, 3.67-inch caliber
LENGTH:  5 11/16 inches
WEIGHT:  10 pounds 6 ounces
CONSTRUCTION:  Solid shot
SABOT:  Copper plate
FUZING:  None
Notice the heavy lathe marks on the bourrelets as well as the copper sabot of this Selma manufactured projectile. Most often, fired projectiles in this pattern have the sabot distorted or partly missing. This pattern tended to tumble due to its incorrect length-to-diameter ratio for the caliber of the gun. A good ratio is between 2 1/2 to 3 times the diameter or caliber for the length of the projectile. Examples of this particular Selma variety have been recovered from Spanish Fort, Alabama.