Item Number: A00865
Item Title: Rarity 10 very long 7in Brooke bolt from Trents Reach
Price: $1795
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: CS
Type: Very long Brooke bolt
Size: 7in
Sabot: Brooke ratchet disc
Fuse: n/a
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Location Recovered: Trents Reach
Description: Updated: This bolt has been run through electrolysis and is gorgeous. I will get new pictures as time permits
Very rare and massive Brooke bolt jettisoned from either the CSS Richmond or the CSS Virginia II in their frantic attempts to get unstuck from the mud at Trent's Reach while getting hammered by Union forces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trent%27s_Reach
This long bolt was the heaviest of the Confederate bolts and likely intended for the new rifled Brooke rifles.
Projectile measures: diameter 6.95in., length 14in., weight 120lbs. Heavy copper disc sabot is unfired and intact. Metal is solid.