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CS Read Rifled 32 pdr Shell (p. 183)

This specimen has the projectile body machined to bore size.  Lead sabots were not normally used in projectiles of this large caliber.  The sabot is lightly pre-engraved.  This specimen was recovered from the Decatur Street and Expressway in Atlanta, Georgia.
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CS Read Rifled 32 pdr Shell (p. 183)
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