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Wire shot (2 lead musketballs with spring).

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 110.00 USD
Wire shot (2 lead musketballs with spring).
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Wire shot (2 lead musketballs with spring). 50 grams, about 1½" x ¾". In order to increase the chances of hitting a target, pairs of musketballs were often cast with a wire or spring between them so that the ammunition would rotate and expand, and this specimen is one of the most complete we have ever seen, also with a very rare provenance, a Spanish galleon sunk on her way from Cartagena to Havana laden with treasure but stripped by the English soon after the sinking. Recovered from: Genovesa, sunk in 1731 on the Pedro Banks off Jamaica. With Robert Marx certificate.