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A00859 - 6.4in Harding bolt fired at the USS Dai Ching

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Item Number: A00859

Item Title: 6.4in Harding bolt fired at the USS Dai Ching

Price: $1595

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: CS

Type: Harding bolt

Size: 6.4in

Sabot: Copper ring sabot

Fuse: n/a

Book:
Jack Bell Page 228

Location Recovered: Charleston, South Carolina

Description:6.4in Harding hollow shot bolt with complete copper ring sabot fired from a Confederate rifled 32 pounder, 6.4in. This is an extremely hard to find projectile that was only recovered in one location. All recoveries have been from Charleston, South Carolina on the Combahee River near Tar Bluff where the USS Dai Ching was ambushed and sunk in January 1865.

Projectile measures: diameter 6.3in., length 11.5in., weight 49lbs, approximate (core is hollow). Sabot is fired, showing 13 lands and grooves and is intact.

We have a busy upcoming show schedule with the Mansfield show May 4th & 5th and Gettysburg again in late June. 2 more shows on the calendar for July and another in August! Hope to see many of you at one of these shows.

We have a busy upcoming show schedule with the Mansfield show May 4th & 5th and Gettysburg again in late June. 2 more shows on the calendar for July and another in August!

Hope to see many of you at one of these shows.