Original U.S. Civil War Hotchkiss 3-inch Shell with Lead Band Sabot for M1861 Ordnance Rifle - Excavated in Fredericksburg Virginia Brunswick Rifle Taschenmesserfabrik (Pocket Knife factory)

Taschenmesserfabrik (Pocket Knife factory)

the M60 has better accuracy and a longer range to keep the enemy at bay

also known as the 'Sticky bomb'

By that point

from an altitude of 500 feet over Chesapeake Bay

Original U.S. Civil War Hotchkiss 3-inch Shell with Lead Band Sabot for M1861 Ordnance Rifle - Excavated in Fredericksburg Virginia Brunswick Rifle Taschenmesserfabrik (Pocket Knife factory)Original Item: The most advanced artillery in use during the American Civil War had rifled bores, which gave greatly increased range and accuracy. Since the war occurred just as rifling was being developed for artillery, a host of different rifling schemes were tried. One of these was the Model 1861 3 Inch Ordnance rifled muzzle loader, usually called the " 3 in. Ordnance Rifle." The 3 inch Ordnance gun was made of hammer welded, formed, machined