380 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Table 
OP PRACTICE OP THE 3-pi\ SHRAPNEL SHELLS, SHOWING THE HITS IN 3 WOODEN TARGETS 
PLACED 41 yds. APART, EACH MEASURING 35 yds. LONG BY 4 yds. HIGH. 
Elevation. 
Range. 
Mean 
bursting. 
Through hits in 
all three 
wooden targets. 
Mean per round. 
Ground effectively 
commanded. 
Remarks. 
Interval. 
Height. 
Leaden balls. 
| Pieces of shell. 
1 
! Leaden balls and 
pieces of shell. 
Length. 
Breadth. 
j Short 
j distance. 
Long 
distance. 
Short 
and long 
distance. 
O 
✓ 
yds. 
yds. 
ft. 
yds. 
yds. 
yds. 
| 
2 
2 
415 
26 
11*4 
50 
16 
66 
The 3-pr. shrap¬ 
166 
124 
nel contains 65 
4 
7 
830 
38 
12*4 
48 
17 
65 
to 
to 
41 
leaden balls, 26|- 
250 
207 
to the lb. 
6 
50 
1244 
22 
13-5 
39 
16 
55 
Table 
OP PRACTICE OP 3-pr. CASE SHOT, SHOWING THE HITS IN 3 WOODEN TARGETS PLACED 
41 yds. APART, EACH MEASURING 35 yds. LONG BY 4 yds. HIGH. 
Number of hits in the first 
target, per round. 
Number of hits in all three 
wooden targets, per round. 
q5. 
tU0 
a 
P3 
Through. 
Struck. 
, 
Total. 
Per cent, of 
through hits. 
| Through. 
Struck. 
Total. 
Per cent, of 
through hits. 
Remarks. 
yds. 
166 
14 
14 
40 
25 
4 
29 
72 
The 3-pr. case shot contains 
249 
1 13 
| 
1 
14 
40 
22 
7 
29 
64 
34 1*8 oz. balls. The ground 
effectively commanded is 332 
yds. long by 83 yds. wide. 
Effect of the 3~pr. projectiles, 
28. The common shell either takes effect by its percussive force on 
reaching the object, or by the explosion of the bursting charge; in the 
latter case the effect may be either like case shot or a small mine. 
