It had been reported in The Times that a trial of the Snyder Dynamite Projectile had taken place on Monday, October 5th 1891 near Aberdare, South Wales. The trial took place with a 7 in. and a 6 in. gun discharging projectiles 2 ft. in length, charged with a compound consisting of 96 percent nitro-glycerine in a gelatinised form, and a 4 percent mixture of other ingredients including camphor. An India-rubber buffer was inserted between the projectile and the charge, attached to the projectile by means of a brass case, but leaving it at a short distance from the muzzle of the gun. The 7 in. projectile weighed 229 lb., including a bursting charge of 10 lb. The 6 in. projectile weighed 218 lb. including the bursting charge. It is important to note that whilst masonry and earth were destroyed wholesale, there was no record of thick armour being shattered by the explosion of any shell unless it penetrated deep into it.