Item: B0006

Price: $225

Provenance: CS

Type: Vandenberg Volley Gun

Size: .45 Caliber

Cartridge:

MM#: 159
TT#: 68

Location Recovered: Fort Fisher, NC

Description: 

Vandenberg Volley Gun.  Dug Fort Fisher, NC where one of these guns was deployed by the Confederate Army.  For a picture of one of these multi barreled guns, follow this link:

http://news.webshots.com/photo/1092367033036796256RbEEUt

 Because they are dug out of sandy soil, few of these bullets have a patina.  To make matters worse, someone got ahold of a mold and cranked out a lot of these about 20 years ago.  Those have since aged to a smooth color that looks like pencil graphite.  The real ones have some salt and peppering with white in there.  it is a  .45 caliber which is why they were originally associated with Whitworth sniper rifles which are also that caliber.  Previously these were known as "Double Ended Whitworths."  This one is a real bargain.

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