This projectile was English manufactured following the invention of Sir Joseph Whitworth. The weapon employed a breechloading gun with hexagonal rifled twist that was more extreme than other conventional rifling systems. The result was that projectiles fired from a Whitworth rifle would achieve greater spiral and greater range, however the shells had to be long and narrow and consequently could not carry a meaningful explosive charge in smaller calibers. This weapon system never was accepted by the English government and so all production was exported, most of it to the Civil War in America. The cannons were difficult to make and the shells and guns required more precise machining than was typically practiced at the time.

This is a solid bolt and is well pitted overall. A small casting flaw is visible on the base. No recovery location. [jet][ph:L]

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