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CS 3" BOLT

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,700.00 USD
CS 3  BOLT
CS 3" BOLT. Excavated. Almost all known specimens are from 1861-1863 Army of North Virginia battlefields. Having a 1-1/4" tall copper sabot and having spectacular rifling from a Confederate 12 lands & grooves rifled cannon with left-handed twist. Confederate manufactured projectile believed to have been made in Richmond, Virginia area. This shell has been called a "Read" or a Burton". No definite provenance to date, so it is an unknown example of Confederate manufacture. Several casting pockets present in iron base, one of which that was filled in with lead at the time of manufacture. CONDITION: Lightly pitted. 4-55895 JM152 (1,000-1,700)