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Where is it and what is it??
« on: May 30, 2010, 04:49:42 PM »
Got a couple photos of this cannon yesterday.  Not sure what it really is.  Of course in my travels I still did NOT have the required mty powder can for scale.  These photos taken about noon time and temps were right at 96 degrees with humidity to match.  Way too blasted hot for this old Colorado guy to fiddle around taking but a couple pictures. 




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Re: Where is it and what is it??
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2010, 05:45:23 PM »
A really WAG, it's in front of a VFW hall in Hays KS.
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Re: Where is it and what is it??
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2010, 06:10:29 PM »
     It's a Model 1861 Ordnance Rifle which has been converted to a sliding-block breech loader and mounted on a naval cone mount.  We studied one of these tubes in the Waterveliet Arsenal Museum in New York.  The breech end looked just like this one without the welded demil pieces that were added.

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Re: Where is it and what is it??
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2010, 06:59:19 PM »
There is one of these on the east end of Long Island N.Y. at an American Legion post also.
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Re: Where is it and what is it??
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2010, 06:10:52 AM »
Quote from: jeeper1 on May 30, 2010, 05:45:23 PM
A really WAG, it's in front of a VFW hall in Hays KS.

Correct!!  OK jeeper1, now how did you determine it's location ???
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Re: Where is it and what is it??
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2010, 06:36:56 AM »
Blaster,

I don't know how Jeeper1 knew the location answer, but you're giving pretty good clues on the addresses of your saved photos. For instance, on these pics of a 3-inch ordnance rifle signal gun conversion, VFWHAYS is in the address.
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Re: Where is it and what is it??
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2010, 09:37:01 AM »
When I went to copy the first picture so I can see it better the file name said "VFW Hays 002".  The only Hays I've ever heard of was in Kansas so I took a guess.
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Re: Where is it and what is it??
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2010, 03:06:45 PM »
Well, from now on, I'll be much more careful on how I word the titles of my pictures.  Thanks guys. ;)
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