Federal

Spherical

 

DIAMETER:   9.8 inches
GUN:  10-inch Columbiad Smoothbore
LENGTH:  -
WEIGHT:  About 100 pounds
CONSTRUCTION:  Common Shell
SABOT:  Wooden Cup - Missing
FUZING: Wooden Fuze Plug
A typical projectile for the 10-inch Columbiad.  "Ears" or tong holes will often be found on large caliber gun shell and always on mortar shell.  A mortar shell of this caliber weighs 88 pounds, due to the thinner walls.