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Confederate Parrott Field Rifle Model 1863
Gayle Mill, South Carolina
· Parrott Rifle Property of the Chester County Historical Society
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This War Between the States era cannon was one of four similar cannon discovered in February 1986 on the grounds of Calvary Baptist Church in Chester, S.C. All four cannon were spiked with shells, and each had the trunnions and cascabel knobs broken off. The iron tube has a bore diameter of 3.0 inches, a length of 79 inches, a weight of 1150 pounds, a range at 5 degrees of 2,000 yards, and 12-groove left-hand rifling. Its most common ammunition was 10-pound 3.0-inch reed shells with a timed fuse of wood or metal.
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