Author Topic: FUEGO! (Read 825 times)

CAV Trooper · « **on:** May 23, 2005, 07:29:41 AM »

The annual NPS Cannon School at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine FL went extremely well. The weather was excellent and we had a great group of students including "Cpt Ed" from this forum. We even had an all-girl gun crew who had the drill down pat and really kicked butt.

The class burned through about 15 pounds of Goex Cannon Grade in the span of about 4 hours and a good time was had by all. :-D

Here's Cpt Ed touching off the 6-pounder:

This is one of the Castillos bronze 18-pounders. ItÂ’s dated 1764 and weighs 4800 pounds. The tube is named "El Milanes" (The one from Milan) and is inscribed with the phrase "Thunderbolts from an angry king":

For you mortar guys, hereÂ’s a bronze 15" mortar from Barcelona, Spain that's dated 1724. It stands about six feet tall! Range is 2100 yards. Weight - A LOT!!

Dictator · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2005, 12:58:25 PM »

cool pictures. i love those big mortars

Cpt Ed · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2005, 01:51:04 PM »

Hello CAV Trooper,

Many thanks for the great Action shot. Yes a good time was had by all including,
Â“CAV TrooperÂ” as seen below.

I would highly recommend this NPS Â“CertifiedÂ”, Cannon School to any one interested in how to safely manage and shoot Black Powder Cannons.

They never taught me any of this in Artillery School, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2005, 02:14:07 PM »

Although I thoroughly enjoyed spending your tax dollars (1972 :roll: ) at the Field Artillary OCS, this looks like it was a LOT more fun!

Thanks for posting the pix - especially of the mortar!

Will Bison · « **Reply #4 on:** May 24, 2005, 05:45:44 AM »

Great shot of the 6 pounder, that's a lot of "Fuego" comin' out of the front end.

mortarnoobie · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2005, 06:01:04 AM »

is that a boat i see out in the water in the general direction that the first gun is being fired? haha i doubt he knows what he's up against if it is.

CAV Trooper · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:13:56 AM »

Quote from: mortarnoobie

is that a boat i see out in the water in the general direction that the first gun is being fired? haha i doubt he knows what he's up against if it is.

Good eyes. That one is anchored with nobody on it. However, there IS a two masted sailing ship that returns fire with a 10 gauge salute cannon whenever he's in the area. We got him beat and he knows it though. It's sort of like a mouse flipping off an eagle just before he's snatched up. :-D