Shot Tower

A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of shot balls by freefall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is used for projectiles in firearms.

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Famous quotes containing the words shot and/or tower:

    “You know I’d a shot her when she come runnin’ up here, but she’s got the blame best lookin’ legs I ever seen.... Well, I’ll be a suck egg mule—legs like that and can shoot too.”
    —Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

    “The tower said, “One!”
    And then a steeple.
    They spoke to themselves....”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)