"Weight and diameter of English and French iron shot" Topic
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Tango01  | 20 May 2013 12:54 p.m. PST |
Of possible interest. English and French iron shot of the same weight were of different diameters. For each weight of shot listed, the English diameter is shown first and the French is shown second (i.e. English/French). 1 pound: 1.92 inches/2.01 inches
2 pounds: 2.42 inches/2.53 inches
3 pounds: 2.77 inches/2.90 inches
4 pounds: 3.05 inches/3.19 inches
5 pounds: 3.28 inches/3.44 inches
6 pounds: 3.49 inches/3.66 inches
7 pounds: 3.67 inches/3.85 inches
8 pounds: 3.84 inches/4.02 inches
9 pounds: 4.00 inches/4.18 inches
10 pounds: 4.14 inches/4.33 inches
11 pounds: 4.27 inches/4.47 inches
12 pounds: 4.40 inches/4.60 inches
13 pounds: 4.52 inches/4.73 inches
14 pounds: 4.63 inches/4.85 inches
15 pounds: 4.78 inches/4.96 inches
16 pounds: 4.84 inches/5.07 inches
17 pounds: 4.94 inches/5.17 inches
18 pounds: 5.04 inches/5.27 inches
19 pounds: 5.13 inches/5.37 inches
20 pounds: 5.22 inches/5.46 inches
21 pounds: 5.30 inches/5.55 inches
22 pounds: 5.38 inches/5.64 inches
23 pounds: 5.40 inches/5.72 inches
24 pounds: 5.54 inches/5.80 inches
25 pounds: 5.63 inches/5.88 inches
26 pounds: 5.69 inches/5.96 inches
27 pounds: 5.76 inches/6.04 inches
28 pounds: 5.83 inches/6.11 inches
29 pounds: 5.90 inches/6.18 inches
30 pounds: 5.97 inches/6.25 inches
31 pounds: 6.04 inches/6.32 inches
32 pounds: 6.10 inches/6.39 inches
33 pounds: 6.16 inches/6.45 inches
34 pounds: 6.23 inches/6.52 inches
35 pounds: 6.29 inches/6.58 inches
36 pounds: 6.35 inches/6.64 inches
37 pounds: 6.40 inches/6.70 inches
38 pounds: 6.46 inches/6.76 inches
39 pounds: 6.52 inches/6.82 inches
40 pounds: 6.57 inches/6.88 inches
41 pounds: 6.63 inches/6.94 inches
42 pounds: 6.68 inches/6.99 inches
43 pounds: 6.73 inches/7.05 inches
44 pounds: 6.78 inches/7.10 inches
45 pounds: 6.84 inches/7.16 inches
46 pounds: 6.89 inches/7.24 inches
47 pounds: 6.94 inches/7.26 inches
48 pounds: 6.98 inches/7.31 inches
49 pounds: 7.03 inches/7.36 inches
50 pounds: 7.08 inches/7.42 inches From main page
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| Mark Barker | 20 May 2013 3:28 p.m. PST |
and the weight of shot itself was different, there being no standardised pound measure across the different countries. Mark |
| matthewgreen | 21 May 2013 11:51 a.m. PST |
So British 9pdr is virtually the same as French 8pdr. That's what difference in pound weights would suggest. People usually get this bit right, but go off the rails when they suggest that Austrian weights were much lighter than the British ones. |
| 14Bore | 21 May 2013 4:08 p.m. PST |
This subject can only lead to tears. |
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