Very nice find, Ed! These bar- and chain-sot are becoming harder and harder to find. Of course, one has to be careful with misidentified (i.e.dumbells!) and downright fakes (some of the sliding bar shots I've seen are modern blacksmith-crafted). I'm always in the market for these, but my wallet is usually a little too empty to afford them! I was surprised to learn over the years the smaller sizes these can run in, some of the bars not much longer than a pencil!
A question I've always had is if the bar shot and chain shot that was still around for the CW really made then? Or much like many boarding pikes, where they reused ordinance from earlier periods?
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