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US Parrott Flat Nose Bolt 30 pdr (p. 151)

A flat nosed bolt with the type 1 band.  This sabot was almost inevitably thrown with guns of this caliber.   The pictured specimen was recovered from the Port Hudson, Louisiana battlefield.   In an effort to help with the sabot taking the rifling a cold chisel was used between the sabot and iron base.  See this article from the Scientific American, October 8, 1864 issue that describes this process. US Parrott Flat Nose Bolt 30 pdr (p. 151)
US Parrott Flat Nose Bolt 30 pdr (p. 151)
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