Thanks for posting that photo, John. We have a particular fondness for those big cored shot and the two guns made to shoot them. Supposedly, during the testing of the gun which went to Fort Hancock located on Sandy Hook in New Jersey, the last shot fired went an estimated 8,000 yards according to Ordnance Officers and newsmen observing. That's 4.5 miles. That's as far as the 200 pounder Parrott called the "Swamp Angel" shot it's shells during Gen. Quincy Gilmore's bombardment of Charleston, SC in 1863. If anyone is interested in seeing how huge the 20" Rodman Guns really were, they can go to our site and highlight "Photo Gallery" an then go down to the New York menu item and single click on it. There are 26,000 lbs. of those huge shot in one pic.
What's it worth, John, 50 cents a lb., scrap value? We wish!
Mike and Tracy