DIAMETER:  1.69 inches across flats, 1.83 inches outer diameter
GUN:  3-pounder Whitworth, 1.7-inch caliber, LENGTH:  4.69 inches
WEIGHT:  2 pounds 8 ounces, CONSTRUCTION:  Solid shot
SABOT:  None, FUSING:  None

Whitworth's 3-pounder, 1.7 inch caliber gun, weighed 208 pounds. With a charge of 8 ounces of powder at an elevation of 35 degrees, it projects its shot with remarkable accuracy, to a distance of more than 5 1/2 miles. According to The Confederate Ordnance Manual, 1863 Edition, the form of the Whitworth projectile was described as a hexagonal prismoid.

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