70 



Table a. 



Description of Gun . 



Bore. 



Weight, 



Charge. 



Bursting Charge of Shell. 



Armstrong shunt, ' 



70-pounder, . . 

 Whitworth 70-pr., 



1 



G-5 in. 



5' „ 



75 cwt. 



76 „ 



14 lbs. 



2 lbs. 



lib. 14 oz. 



Whitworth 70-pr. ' 

 (with hexagonal 

 shot) ; solid steel ; 

 12 lbs. powder, . , 



Armstrong shunt 70 * 

 pounder ; spheri- 

 cal steel solid 

 shot, weighing 

 34 lbs. ; fired a 

 wooden sabot, and 

 18 lbs. powder, . _ 



> 



Range— 800 

 yards : 



1st round,. 



2nd Round, 



3rd Round, 



Range— 50 

 yards : 





I Solid steel 

 ( shot, . 



f Solid steel 

 [ shot, . 



Steel shell, . 



REMARKS. 



" 1st Hound. — Whitworth 

 hit middle part of ar- 

 mour plate (" War- 

 rior," 4Jm.) and 18in. 

 <x teak, and penetrated 

 its own depth (13 in.). 

 Rear end of shot broke 

 off, and flew out. Shunt 

 [_ missed. 



f 2nd Hound.— Whitworth, 

 | penetration as before, 

 i Shunt drove in A\ in., 

 ] burying, but not quite 

 | penetrating. Shunt 

 (_ missed. 



[3rd Bound (Shell).— 

 Whitworth drove in 

 4| in. Shell exploded, 



J scattering fragments 



* in front of the target. 

 Shunt gun indented 

 2f inches, and burst.* 



1 Pieces not found. 



( Penetrated 10 in. ; head 

 \ of shot split. 



/ Rear end of shot about 

 j 3 in. below surface of 

 j plate, which was pene- 

 \ trated, and broke up. 



* The pieces of this shot were found next clay 500 yards in front of the target, 

 and almost in a line with the battery. This happened more than once ; and it becomes 

 evident that steel shells which divide in two parts annularly, instead of shattering into 

 fragments, may become highly dangerous to the parties firing them, in cases where they 

 do riot penetrate. 



