REVOLUTIONARY WAR 6-POUNDER BAR SHOT

REVOLUTIONARY WAR 6-POUNDER BAR SHOT

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Much of the American Revolution took place on the seas between a budding Continental Navy and the powerful British Royal Navy. Naval gunners on both sides fired a range of specialized projectiles from their cannons to disable or destroy enemy vessels. To destroy the rigging, masts, and sails of a ship, naval gunners used the deadly “bar shot.” Either two cannonballs or two halves of a cannonball were connected by a strong iron bar. When fired, it travelled in a spinning motion that would destroy all in its path.

Offered here is a relic bar shot. Being for a “6-pounder” cannon, it measures approximately 3.6” in diameter and is nearly 13” long. Iron is dark brown and lightly pitted; the cross bar showing more iron loss. This piece has been cleaned and coated and remains solid with no flaking. “BAR” and “SHOT” has been painted in white on the ball halves.

Unknown recovery location. A very fine piece of early artillery. [jet]  [ph:L]

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