This projectile is similar to
the specimen pictured here. The lead sabot is missing on this example
which is typical of recovered fired Archer projectiles. Note that the well preserved
wooden fuze plug is still intact. There are two vertical flame grooves on the projectile
body, that were designed to help the propellant flame reach the paper time
fuze. In the
book The Long Arm of Lee by Jennings Wise mentions on page 128 that
Archer projectiles when fired would not fly point foremost, but tumbled and had no
effective range.
