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inner tube with inner diameter of 6.29 in (16.0 cm) was inserted and fastened in place. The gun was then rifled with 3 grooves, with a uniform twist of 1 turn in 40 calibres (i.e. 1 turn in 252 in (640 cm)), and proof fired. The proof firing also served to expand the new tube
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Armouries of the Tower of London: The Ordnance, (HMSO, London), p91
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386:Gun number 709, dated 1872
334:Gun number 142, dated 1869
230:This gun was based on the
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680:Smoothbore muzzle-loading
636:Smoothbore muzzle-loading
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168:6.29-inch (159.8 mm)
158:64 pounds (29.03 kg)
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68:Place of origin
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197:8-inch 65 cwt shell guns
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980:QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
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174:Muzzle velocity
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952:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
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863:RML 10-inch
752:(Armstrong)
532:29 December
360:, Devon, UK
288:circa. 1878
84:1870 – 190?
1074:Categories
942:BL 10-inch
858:RML 9-inch
853:RML 8-inch
848:RML 7-inch
682:shell guns
665:68-pounder
650:24-pounder
645:18-pounder
472:References
407:Parramatta
275:Deployment
247:Ammunition
221:smoothbore
194:smoothbore
93:Royal Navy
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912:BL 5-inch
907:BL 4-inch
806:converted
783:Lancaster
727:Howitzers
338:St Helier
266:case shot
232:cast-iron
60:Naval gun
27:Naval gun
829:Woolwich
340:, Jersey
310:See also
286:Sapphire
106:Designed
704:Mortars
638:cannons
447:Ireland
436:Gun at
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