1861, 100 Pounder Parrott Rifle - in exact miniature, 1/6 scale
Fully functional!


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Cannon Mania is pleased to offer this exquisite replica cannon for the discerning collector of fine pieces in miniature.   
Deliveries have been made, new cannons are being built .
Simply stated, there is no better.

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Right side view with maker’s plate and “Bolt”      

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Front view- upper carriage

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Right-hand, gain twist rifling and hemisherical chamber

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 Muzzle face and rifling 
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Functional rear sight
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P.– Parrott 
R.B.H. – Robert B. Hitchcock
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Made for the Navy
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Front sight base formed with 
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From the Seacoast Artillery Company (USA), an exact one-sixth scale recreation of the 100 Pounder Parrott Rifle*, Model 1861 on the 1859 Iron, Center-Pintle, Seacoast, Barbette Carriage.

Weight: Barrel……………45 Lbs.
Carriage…………25 Lbs.
Base……………..20 Lbs.

Barrel: Lathe turned and Milled from ONE SOLID PIECE of high-power rifle steel. 
NO WELDING OR EPOXY GLUE, JUST SOLID STEEL !
Length…………… 25.708”
Reinforce Dia...........4.317”
Bore Dia…………...1.067”
Bore Length……...21.667”
Rifled………....9 Grooves, Gain Twist, (Zero to 1 Turn in 36”)
Material…………..4150 Ordinance Steel
Finish……………..Gunblued

Carriage: 4142 Pre-hardened Alloy Steel with over 250 custom-made nuts, bolts and rivets.
Chassis sits at a precise 3 degree forward inclination as per original specs.
Implement hooks are individually blacksmithed.
Functional Eccentric Axle raises and lowers Upper Carriage just like original.

Base: Robust Red Oak Base with thru-bolted, Alloy, Pintle Pin to handle the shock 
of Recoil. Traverse-Circle Tracks (4 segments) joined with 45 degree splice as 
were the originals. Green felt applied to bottom to prevent scratches to furniture.

Accessories: 10 Armor Piercing “Bolts” with stand.
1 Inert Percussion Shell
1 Display Rammer
1 Display Sponge
1 Traditional Rammer and Sponge Stand
1 Unique and different accessory with each Serial Numbered Gun
1 Sterling Silver “Maker’s Plate” attached to the Base.

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Accoutrements

Each Magnificent Seacoast Gun is personally delivered and set-up 
by the makers in the continental United States, at no extra charge.
This is a very fine, museum quality piece.  

Estimated delivery time; 1 year from date of order.
Price $ 15,000.00
Down payment $ 5000.00

1/3 Down $ 5,000.00   

*Robert Parker Parrott  was a former West Point graduate and ordnance officer named  In 1836.   Parrott resigned his rank of captain and went to work (40 years) for the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring, New York.  He perfected the rifled barrel and a companion projectile.

1860:  Patented a method of attaching the reinforcing band on the breech of a gun tube. 
1861:  Patented 10 pounder followed by 20 and 30, 100, 200 and 300 pounder guns.
By the end of the Civil War the Parrott gun was being used extensively by the North & South.