The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium

by F. A. Griffiths

Double Shotting.—Double shotting may be employed with 32-pounder guns of

	56 cwt.	charge 6 lb.	up to	400 yards.
	42 ”	” 4 lb.	”	300 ”
	25 ”	” 2½ lb.	”	200 ”

With double shot and reduced charge, give double the elevation, and half a degree additional,
for the reduced charge.

Range, Charge, Elevation, &c., of Iron Ordnance.

P.B. = Point Blank Diam. = Diameter
Nature.	Weight.	Length.		Diam. of the bore.	Charge of powder.		Range in yards.
							P.B.	1°	2°	3°	4°	5°	6°
GUNS.	cwt.	ft.	in.	in.	lb.	oz.
42 Pr.	85	10		9·60	14		400	940	1340	1620	1840	2050	2250
32 Pr.	63	9	7	6·41	10	10½	380	760	1130	1455	1730	1950	2160
	56	9	6	6·41	10	10½	380	760	1130	1455	1730	1950	2160
	48	8		6·41	8		330	680	1015	1300	1540	1740	1840
	40	7	6	6·35	6		340	675	985	1260	1500	1700	1800
*	32	6	6	6· 3	5		330	670	945	1210	1450	1640	1730
*	25	6		6· 3	4		225	485	735	995	1260	1500	1630
	25	5	4	6· 3	4		225	485	735	995	1260	1500	1630
24 Pr.	50	9	6	5·82	8		360	755	1125	1417	1670	1850	2000
	48	9		5·82	8		360	755	1125	1417	1670	1850	2000
	40	7	6	5·82	8		340	730	1080	1377	1620	1800	1950
	33	6	6	5·82	6		260	530	805	1082	1350	1560	1760
18 Pr.	42	9		5·29	6		360	730	1080	1377	1600	1780	1960
	38	8		5·29	6		340	710	1075	1347	1560	1730	1900
12 Pr.	34	9		4·62	4		360	720	1075	1337	1540	1700	1850
	29	7	6	4·62	4		340	710	1040	1307	1500	1650	1800
9 Pr.	26	7	6	4· 2	3		330	685	1015	1278	1460	1600	1730
6 Pr.	17	6		3·66	2		320	655	985	1238	1400	1520	1610
CARRONADES.
68 Pr.	36	6	4	8·05	5	10½	270	540	812	1042	1240	1420	1570
42	22	4	6	6·84	3	8	240	515	810	983	1180	1350	1880
32	17	4		6·25	2	10	235	485	705	905	1100	1260	1400
24	13	3	9	5·68	2		225	435	650	826	1000	1150	1300
18	10	3	4	6·16	1	8	220	430	620	787	950	1100	1250
12	6	2	8	4·62	1		205	375	580	738	880	1000	1100
* Bored-up guns.

Carronades.
Nature	68 Pr.	42	32	24	18	12
Charge	lb. oz.	lb. oz.	lb. oz.	lb.	lb. oz.	lb.
	5 8	3 8	2 10	2	1 8	1
	yards.
P. B.	450	400	330	300	270	230
1 Degree	650	600	560	500	470	400
2 ” ”	890	860	830	780	730	580
3 ” ”	1000	980	900	870	800	740
4 ” ”	1100	1020	970	920	870	810
5 ” ”	1280	1170	1080	1050	1000	870

Range, &c., of Iron Ordnance.
SHRAPNELL SHELLS.
68 Pr.Carronade.			8 in. Howitzer.			24 Pr. Gun.			18 Pr. Gun.
lb. oz.			lb. oz.			lb. oz.			lb. oz.
Charge	4	0	Charge	4	0	Charge	5	0	Charge	4	8
S. filled	61	4	S. filled	61	13	S. filled	21	5	S. filled	15	11
S. empty	32	2	S. empty	32	2	S. empty	11	0	S. empty	8	6
No. of Balls 337			No. of Balls 337			No. of Balls 128			No. of Balls 90
Elevation.	Fuze.		Elevation.	Fuze.		Elevation.	Fuze.		Elevation.	Fuze.		Range.
deg.	tenths.		deg.	tenths.		deg.	tenths.		deg.	tenths.		yards.
2½	4		2¾	3½		1¼	2		1¼	2		650
3½	6		3	6		1¾	3½		2	4		900
5	8½		6	10		2½	5		3	5¾		1100