INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, Victorian, British 9 Pounder RML (Rifled Muzzle Loading) Explosive Projectile with Brass Transit Plug. Sn - 22991 INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, Victorian, British 9 Pounder RML (Rifled Muzzle Loading) Explosive Projectile with Brass Transit Plug. Sn - 22991 Various Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare and original British Victorian period fired 9 pounder RML (rifled muzzle loading) explosive projectile. The 9-pounder 8 cwt Rifled Muzzle Loader was the field gun selected by the Royal Artillery in 1871 to replace the 12 pounder Armstrong gun. The gun was rifled using the system developed by William Palliser, in which studs protruding from the side of the shell engaged with three spiral grooves in the barrel. In 1874, a 6 cwt version was introduced for horse artillery and was later adopted for field artillery use. Ammunition took the form of shrapnel shell, case shot and common shell. The gun remained in front-line service with the Royal Artillery until its replacement in 1878. The gun remained in use with colonial forces until 1895 and saw action in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, the First Boer War of 1881 and the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. A number were issued to British Artillery Volunteer units as late as 1901. This is a fired explosive projectile for the 9 pounder RML gun. The projectile has two rows of three copper driving studs and has cast in the base 9 Pr 12/2 R L (Royal Laboratories). The nose of the projectile is threaded with a taper thread for the GS series of tapered threaded fuzes and is fitted with a brass transit plug. The projectile is in excellent condition and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22991