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Description: | Lead Shot. Cast ball of a mass apt to use in a pistol or carbine of military specification. The ball exhibits a circumferential belt caused by 'set up': the compression of the unwrapped ball against the sides of the gun barrel in the first milliseconds of the detonation of the propellant charge. The back of the ball, as it was positioned in the barrel at this time, bears numerous facets or dimples of diameter c.3.5mm, with less numerous similar dimples on the other side of the belt. The former may be the result of this ball having a charge of buckshot behind it, as a multiple load which might enhance its 'stopping power'; the latter may show the repeated use of a ramrod to force the ball into place. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Diameter (at belt): 16.2mm, Length: 14.2mm, Weight: 22.18gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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