Item Number: A00726
Item Title: 3.8in Hotchkiss from Vicksburg
Price: $235
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: Hotchkiss
Size: 3.8in
Sabot: Lead driving band (missing)
Fuse: Brass Hotchkiss time fuse adapter
Book:
Location Recovered: Vicksburg
Description:This was fired from a James rifle and the 15 lands and grooves proved to be too much torque on the sabot which sheared off in flight. Unlike the fellow's big collection auctioned over the weekend, we don't use putty to restore the sabot and prefer to leave it as is because it shows the effect of having been fired at an historic battle.