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Cannon in Florida Keys
« on: August 05, 2007, 04:11:42 PM »
Sorry I have had a lot of training and testing and have not been on the site.  Just finished a vacation and snapped a few pics you might like.
Key Biscayne city park. I saw a similar topic on Florida Shooters Network and copied it.


Fort Zachory Taylor in Key West.  They also had a Colt Gatling gun but I know this is not a muzzle loader.


Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas (70 miles west of Key West)
This was a surprise.  They had an original Coehorn 24 ounder.



Key Largo in Pennekamp Park.


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Re: Cannon in Florida Keys
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2007, 04:14:08 PM »
those are some great pictures of cannons and mortars, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Cannon in Florida Keys
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2007, 04:20:26 PM »
Nice, I'm uploading pics of my vacation as I write this. I love original pieces, functional or not, its the history of our pastime! Good  stuff!

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Re: Cannon in Florida Keys
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2007, 04:44:27 PM »
copdoc,

 Glad to see your back. Thanks for sharing the photos.
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Re: Cannon in Florida Keys
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2007, 04:02:38 PM »
That looked like a great vacation, Nice pictures, That coehorn looks to be in pretty good shape. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Cannon in Florida Keys
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2007, 04:35:32 PM »
Glad you all enjoyed them.  The Coehorn was in great shape to be in such a harsh environment. Bronze is a great metal for artillery when you have salt spray.  I should have brought it back for a souvenir. 

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Re: Cannon in Florida Keys
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2007, 05:06:15 PM »
El Caz, what ya doing this weekend? let's go get that mortar :)
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