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Brooke Rifling, bore of a 6.4-inch Brooke. Brooke rifling is often
erroneously called "hook slant" rifling. Instead it is a set of lands with
triangular grooves set into the bore. This style of rifling is also one of
the traits distinguishing the Confederate gun from the Federal Parrott
rifles. Brooke's design may have borrowed some ideas from the Parrotts, but
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Of course the smoothbore has no rifling |
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The "Stockton Gun." Not a Civil War piece, but rather famous in its own
right. The 12-inch Wrought Iron Gun was named after naval officer Robert
Stockton, who championed the use of advanced technologies in the 1840s. This
gun is actually a replacement for a weapon that burst, killing several
cabinet officials in Tyler administration.
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