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Offline rampa room artillery

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limbers
« on: March 03, 2009, 04:07:27 PM »
I have a quick question for someone. does the praire limber use the same size Pintle Hook that the standard field limber uses??
or is there a smaller one? just a question, i have been online and really cant find that much info on it.

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Re: limbers
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2009, 04:20:56 PM »
I don't have the drawings for the limber, but since the lunette on the praire carriage is smaller the pintle must be smaller. 
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Re: limbers
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2009, 06:42:09 AM »
Maybe a call to the Paulsen Bros. would help they have an extensive collection

maybe they have one in their collection and would be willing to answer a simple

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Re: limbers
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2009, 07:59:31 AM »
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Re: limbers
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2009, 09:52:56 AM »
Antique Ordnance Publishers has the plans for the limber.

http://lassengunsmithing.com/AOPCatalog.htm
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