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Federal

Parrott

 

 

DIAMETER:  4.1 inches
GUN: 30-pounder Parrott Rifle, 4.2-inch Caliber
LENGTH: About 12  inches
WEIGHT: 26 pounds, 6 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Brass, Type 2
FUZING: Parrott Percussion, Zinc
This is the long variety with the type 2 low band.  This sabot generally stayed on and was not thrown off upon firing.  It was a great improvement.  A large number of this type of Parrott projectile were fired into Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863.  For information about the inventor, Robert P. Parrott, click here.
Read about the endurance of a 30-pounder Parrott rifle in Charleston, SC. from the
April 30, 1864 issue of Scientific American.