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Well made, beautiful, functional black powder cannons!
The fuse holes are drilled and tapped, a set screw is then installed. The screw would have to be removed by the end customer to be able to actually fire the cannon.
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1/6 scale 3 pounder on a Garrison carriage |
| Man of War
Man of War cannons were used by the British
Navy during the early 1800's.
It is classed in the heavy gun ship
type used as an Elevation Gun to shoot holes in the floor of a ship to
sink. It would elevate at 45 degrees making it very versatile
but very heavy for normal use. The bore is 50cal and the total
weight is about 10 pounds. It has a 12 inch barrel (brass) highly
buffed and the carriage is about 4 inches wide and 6 inches
long. It is 4 inches high with brass wheels and brass
hardware. It has a rope that goes over the cascabel and under a
shaft in the carriage which is used with gears on the side of the
carriage to bring it back in battery. This
is a very interesting cannon in its time.
Approximately a 3 week delivery. | |
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24 Pounder 1/5 scale
79,000
to 81,000 PSI This cannon is new and extremely high quality, hand-made by a very experienced machinist. These are very hard to find, very few are made. It is designed to use a golf ball for ammunition. Excellent for the collector, hobbyist, or enthusiast. These cannons are used in competitions for shooting, and can also be used for recreation. Please observe all of the fire arms laws in your area. This hand-made 24 pounder is an authentic replica, from the main battery of the US frigate constitution, also used in forts and coastal trade routes. Both English and American types of 24 pounders were in "Old Ironsides" compliment of guns. It was patented after the 12 American-type guns which were deployed at the forward and after ports. The cannon has been test fired with 400 grains of FF Black Powder. For normal shooting use 200 grains of FF Black Powder. The Black Powder is available in any gun store. Shoots about 1/2 mile, and can be used with or without a cannon fuse. The Barrel
The Carriage
Axles
The axle trees are bolted solid through the carriage sides with acorn nuts top and bottom. The Bumper is secured with a bolt through the carriage side and bumper, then an acorn nut holds it together tightly, on both sides. This carriage with not fall apart. Wheels
The wheel trunks are pressed in the rims then pined with brass rivets, the rims are highly buffed Approximately a 3 week delivery. |
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This beautiful new swivel gun
features a highly buffed brass and aluminum mount, and a custom firing
mechanism. A pull lanyard (pull cord) is implemented for firing from a
distance. The firing mechanism uses small rifle primers or #11
percussion caps. The swivel mount is made from 1" solid stock
square brass, the mounting plate is 4.5" aluminum/T6. Barrel
featured is machined from solid brass stock, 32" length, 4"
diameter. The bore is golf ball size. (1
11/16")
$ 2,995 - All brass Approximately a 3 week delivery. This is also available in steel (barrel,
base and firing mechanism) |
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