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Weight Marks Weight Marks ©Ships of Discovery "The markings on the breech are the weight of the piece in hundredweight, quarters, and pounds. . . it looks like the gun weighs 5–I–5, the dashes between the numbers are quite normal." —Robert Smith The weight stamped into the breech would translate to 593 pounds of 454 grams each. A British hundredweight is 112 pounds and quarter-hundredweight is 28 pounds: 5×112 + 1×28 + 5×1 = 593. See Attached Story More Photos In this section

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