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Description: | Lead shot. Cast rifle ball with prominent medial circumferential rib; impact damage on one side; patinated overall. The rib is intended to engage the rifling of a gun barrel, and in this respect the ball is a smaller version of those made for the Brunswick rifle, a weapon introduced to military use in the 1840s. The improved range and accuracy of a rifled weapon also had applications in sporting use or for vermin control, the usual reasons for its use in a rural setting. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1840-1860.Diameter (at rib): 14.4mm, Weight: 11.31gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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