M1863 3-inch Parrott Rifle ~ ca. 1863
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Also known as a 10-lb. Parrott, this type of gun is easily recognized by the large reinforcing band at the breech. Designed by the superintendent of the West Point Foundry, Robert Parker Parrott, these guns were cast iron with a tougher wrought iron reinforcing band at the breech. Parrott rifles were tough, inexpensive and easy to produce, major advantages in the Civil War. these advantages were offset by a tendency of some of the guns to burst just forward of the reinforcing band. Parrotts were produced in a number of sizes up to the massive 10-inch Parrott, which fired a 250-lb. shell. Used extensively by Union forces, the Parrott was also copied and produced by the Confederacy.
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