Woodstock74
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- Joined
- Nov 16, 2018
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
I'm looking for an image or drawing of an armor piercing bolt fired by a Dahlgren. I've not seen much reference material regarding big gun ammunition, surely I'm just looking in the wrong place? Is there some place I should be looking? Book suggestions?
Ultimately what I'm working towards is I'm drawing a 1/192 Monitor turret in CAD with the idea to print it. I was wanting to depict some additional rounds in the turret. Many depictions of the Monitor's turret interior show a outer shell track up against the inner turret wall as a stowage for ready rounds. Would work great for a round cannon ball. Can I assume the solid "AP" bolts are still round for a smoothbore like the Dahlgren XI (unlike the blunt and elongated bolts for rifled guns)?
Ultimately what I'm working towards is I'm drawing a 1/192 Monitor turret in CAD with the idea to print it. I was wanting to depict some additional rounds in the turret. Many depictions of the Monitor's turret interior show a outer shell track up against the inner turret wall as a stowage for ready rounds. Would work great for a round cannon ball. Can I assume the solid "AP" bolts are still round for a smoothbore like the Dahlgren XI (unlike the blunt and elongated bolts for rifled guns)?