TO FILL SHRAPNEL.
The shrapnel is assembled with the cartridge-case before filling. Pour in the bursting-charge very slowly, at the same time tapping the projectile lightly with a mallet. Clean the fuze-hole carefully, and screw the plug firmly home. Shrapnel should not be fuzed except in the field, at the moment of their employment.
The above rules find general application, the methods being modified to suit the case, viz., whether fixed ammunition, or charge and projectile separate.
3-INCH MOUNTAIN-GUN RANGE TABLE.
- Charge, 14.1 oz. C2
- Projectile, 12 lbs
- Initial velocity, 853 ft.-sec
- Angle of jump, 0° 39′
- Length of line of sight, 17".56
| Range. | Angle of Departure. | Elevation. | Sight- marks. | Drift. | Deflection. | Time of Flight. | Fuze- scale. | Angle of Fall. | Rem. Veloc. |
| Yards. | ° ′ | ° ′ | Inches. | Feet. | m/m | Sec'nds. | Inches. | ° ′ | Feet. |
| 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0.000 | Right | Left | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0 0 | 853 |
| 100 | 0 23 | ....... | ....... | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.14 | ....... | 842 |
| 200 | 0 46 | 0 7 | 0.036 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.34 | ....... | 831 |
| 300 | 1 10 | 0 31 | 0.158 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.55 | ....... | 821 |
| 400 | 1 34 | 0 55 | 0.281 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.76 | ....... | 811 |
| 500 | 1 59 | 1 20 | 0.409 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.99 | 2 10 | 801 |
| 600 | 2 24 | 1 45 | 0.536 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 1.22 | ....... | 791 |
| 700 | 2 50 | 2 11 | 0.670 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2 6 | 1.46 | ....... | 782 |
| 800 | 3 16 | 2 37 | 0.803 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 1.69 | ....... | 773 |
| 900 | 3 42 | 3 3 | 0.936 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.91 | ....... | 764 |
| 1000 | 4 9 | 3 30 | 1.074 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 2.12 | 4 32 | 755 |
| 1100 | 4 37 | 3 58 | 1.218 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 2.33 | ....... | 746 |
| 1200 | 5 5 | 4 26 | 1.361 | 7.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 2.54 | ....... | 737 |
| 1300 | 5 33 | 4 54 | 1.504 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 2.75 | ....... | 728 |
| 1400 | 6 2 | 5 23 | 1.655 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 2.95 | ....... | 719 |
| 1500 | 6 32 | 5 53 | 1.810 | 11.5 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 3.16 | 7 19 | 710 |
| 1600 | 7 2 | 6 23 | 1.965 | 13.3 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 3.36 | ....... | 702 |
| 1700 | 7 33 | 6 54 | 2.125 | 15.3 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 3.57 | ....... | 694 |
| 1800 | 8 5 | 7 26 | 2.291 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 3.78 | ....... | 686 |
| 1900 | 8 37 | 7 58 | 2.458 | 19.8 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 3.99 | ....... | 678 |
| 2000 | 9 10 | 8 31 | 2.630 | 22.3 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 4.20 | 10 44 | 670 |
| 2100 | 9 44 | 9 5 | 2.807 | 25.1 | 1.8 | 8.5 | ....... | ....... | 662 |
| 2200 | 10 19 | 9 40 | 2.991 | 28.1 | 1.9 | 9.0 | ....... | ....... | 654 |
| 2300 | 10 54 | 10 15 | 3.175 | 31.3 | 2.1 | 9.5 | ....... | ....... | 646 |
| 2400 | 11 30 | 10 51 | 3.366 | 34.8 | 2.2 | 10.0 | ....... | ....... | 638 |
| 2500 | 12 7 | 11 28 | 3.562 | 38.5 | 2.3 | 10.5 | ....... | 14 39 | 630 |
| 2600 | 12 45 | 12 6 | 3.765 | 42.5 | 2.5 | 11.0 | ....... | ....... | 623 |
| 2700 | 13 25 | 12 46 | 3.979 | 46.8 | 2.7 | 11.6 | ....... | ....... | 616 |
| 2800 | 14 6 | 13 27 | 4.200 | 51.5 | 2.8 | 12.1 | ....... | ....... | 609 |
| 2900 | 14 48 | 14 9 | 4.427 | 56.6 | 3.0 | 12.7 | ....... | ....... | 601 |
| 3000 | 15 31 | 14 52 | 4.661 | 62.1 | 3.2 | 13.2 | ....... | 19 27 | 594 |
| 3100 | 16 16 | 15 37 | 4.908 | 68.1 | 3.4 | 13.8 | ....... | ....... | 587 |
| 3200 | 17 2 | 16 23 | 5.163 | 74.5 | 3.6 | 14.4 | ....... | ....... | 580 |
| 3300 | 17 49 | 17 10 | 5.425 | 81.4 | 3.9 | 15.0 | ....... | ....... | 573 |
| 3400 | 18 38 | 17 59 | 5.700 | 88.9 | 4.1 | 15.6 | ....... | ....... | 567 |
| 3500 | 19 29 | 18 50 | 5.989 | 97.0 | 4.4 | 16.3 | ....... | 25 3 | 560 |
(From Hotchkiss Pamphlet.)