108 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
On the 7th December. 
One 13" sliunt rifled gun of 23 tons, Experimental No. 300, range 700 yards. 
The following shot and shell struck the target:— 
From 
Nature of projectile. 
Weight. 
Charge. 
WV 2 
4480 g 
Foot tons on 
impact. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
| 
r 
1 steel shot . 
299-5 
45 
3390 
10"-5 gun...« 
) 
1 do . 
u 
45 
3422 
1 
l 
1 do . 
n 
60 
4221 
10" „ . 
1 do . 
' 282 
55 
3835 
1 
r 
1 do . 
221-5 
44 
3238 
9"-22 „ .... 
1 do . 
a 
44 
3234 
1 
1 chilled shot . 
225 
60 
3195 
1 steel shot . 
673 
100 
6388 
1 do . 
a 
100 
6480 
1 chilled shot . 
678 
100 
6872 
lo // ...-< 
1 do . 
— 
— 
6872 
1 do . 
— 
— 
6872 
1 steel shell. 
668 
100 
6480 
Total... 
13 . 
6296-5 
— 
64,499 
Table of Effects* 
1 
o 
t- 1 
o 
6 
fc 
Photographic No. 
a 
“o 
1 
& 
Projectile. 
1 Charge. 
Elevation. 
a3 
bJO 
1 
Effects. 
Velocities. 
Remarks. 
Nature 
and 
weight. 
Length 
and 
diameter. 
Depth 
of 
indent. 
Diameter 
of 
indent. 
in. 
lbs. 
' 
yds 
in. 
in 
ft. 
1 
1040 
9"-22 
Elongated 
13-44 l 
#44 
20 
200 
4-5 
1503# 
Struck on 9" plate, close to 
steel shot 
9-15 d 
f 
1452s§ 
a rib 13" from top and 
lbs. 
21" from left side. In- 
221-5 
dent and buckle 5"-47 over 40". 
Plate broken over an area 
of 30" 
on top. Armour plate driven into wood backing; 
crack 
9" : 
long and 4" deep at 11" left of shot hole. A 
Palliser bolt 2"-5 left of shot hole uninjured. 
2 
1041 
10"-5 
// 
14-05 l 
451 
18 1 
2001 
8 1 
13 i 
1318 i | 
Struck on 8" plate 40"-5 
299-5 
10-43 d 
1 
1 
| 
12 77 s 
from left edge, grazing a 
Palliser bolt which was 
not moved. Actual indent and 
buckle 8"-51 over 40". The upper and lower plates separated 
0"-85 over the hole 
i, and V 
7 on left edge of target. Part of 
plate in front of shot driven into wood backing. Back of 
plate separated 18 / 
7 on left side and 13" on right side of shot 
hole. 1 
The second wood backing driven back 0"-5: inside 
skin bulged in rear of point of impact. 
* l, Length. f d, Diameter. 
J i, Initial velocity. § s, Striking velocity. 
