Holland Submarine Fenian Ram Exterior Details / 01CompressedAirGunMuzzle
Bill Maloney
5/19/2006

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The compressed air gun has an interior diameter of 9". There used to be a conical cap that swiveled into place to seal the tube to allow reloading while submerged. After closing the interior loading hatch and flooding the tube the cap was swiveled open to allow the projectile to be fired.