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12-Pounder Rifled James
Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: July 28, 2013
Caption: 12-Pounder Rifled James
Additional Description: Converted from 6-pounder smoothbore gun to a 12-pounder rifled gun near the beginning of the Civil War. (The term "pounder" refers to the weight of the projectile shot. A rifled gun is identified by the spiraling grooves in its bore.
Range: 1,700 yards at 5° elevation
Gun metal: Bronze
Weight of tube: 886 pounds
Projectiles used: Solid shot, shell, canister
Submitted: October 14, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p257251
File Size: 2.052 Megabytes

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