Item Number: A01224
Item Title: Rev War 3pdr cannon ball
Price: $125
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: Solid shot cannon ball
Size: 3pdr
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Location Recovered: Charleston, SC
Description:This one pretty much nails it per the shot tables.
Weighs 3lbs 0.2oz vs. shot tables 3lbs 0.5oz --
Diameter is 2.82-2.87" and shot table is 2.84
The shot tables are Civil War era. Col. Biemick's Encyclopedia of black powder projectiles covers earlier projectiles all the way back to the Revolution. He shows a range around these measurements for 3pdrs.
Solid cannon ball with stable iron -- not a salt water projectile.