Original U.S. Civil War Federal 30-pounder 4.2 Inch Parrott Rifle Projectile with Sabot - Dug Up at Shiloh Antique Flintlock Firearms expressly made for the Boer

expressly made for the Boer settlers of South Africa during the 1850's

a bird could lose 2 or 3 ounces—about a fifth of its 13 to 15 ounces of body weight

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Original U.S. Civil War Federal 30-pounder 4.2 Inch Parrott Rifle Projectile with Sabot - Dug Up at Shiloh Antique Flintlock Firearms expressly made for the BoerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an example of a 30 pounder (4. 2 inch caliber) Federal Parrott projectile. The information we received with the shell was that it was dug up near the Shiloh Battlefield in Tennessee. The projectile is fully inert and empty, and still retains the brass sabot on the bottom, which shows rifling grooves, so this is a shell that was fired. This design features case shot material, and a brass sabot that is cast