Author Topic: A little bit of history. (Read 813 times)

reddog · « **on:** March 19, 2006, 06:17:15 PM »

Hi. I was looking at where to find page and I saw Chapman&sons. They sell reproduction cannon sights. I was very intrested that they sold cannon sights to Picatinny Arsenal. I live very close to Picatinny, When they blow stuff up my windows rattle! (very cool) For those who dont know , Picatinny is the country's largest reserch and development for weapons and ammunition. All off the smart bombs and weapons that were used in the Gulf wars were made in Picatinny. Picatinny's history goes all the way back to the civil war. They starded out as a foundry,then made cannons for the U.S army. I've worked in Picatinny A few times and what I saw was pretty cool. If your ever in N.J. check it out, they do let the puplic in(albeit only to certian areas). They have a great display of armenment.

kappullen · « **Reply #1 on:** March 29, 2006, 05:12:58 PM »

Here's the link you want.
Their sites look a little rough in the photos, but they do work.

http://www.cwartillery.org/chapman

Kap

Cannonsight · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2006, 03:22:26 AM »

I sold a Mountain Howitzer breech sight to them that they were going to present to a retiring officer. I marked it "Picatinney Arsenal" and I believe they were going to mount it on a plaque. The list of parks and historic sites that have purchased my sights has grown since my webpage was last updated. I have been unable to update it for about two years now due to reasons too convoluted to go into here.We have found someone who will be updating the cwartillery page (along with mine hopefully) soon.I wish I knew how to do it myself.The photos on my page do look a little rough. Actually, they were made in the pre-digital camera era by laying them on a flat bed scanner. Check out the Steen Cannons website, they've got some pictures of some of my sights installed on their beautiful guns.

reddog · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2006, 01:59:34 PM »

Thanks Cannonsight for the feedback! I didn't know you were A member of Greaybeard. Your sights are very nice! I would like to get one for my little 1 inch bore, but I dont know if you make them that small.

Cannonsight · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2006, 02:16:10 PM »

Thanks. I do make scale sights but try to stay away from anything under 3/4 scale...they're just too hard when they get that small.For smaller guns I suggest a breech sight or using a tang sight made for rifles.

reddog · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2006, 03:11:14 PM »

Cannonsight, I understand what your saying, I thought it was worth asking. I'm thinking about making A sight myself, the only problem is all my tools were moved to my new house in Georgia(Darn! should of moved the furniture first!!) I'm still here in N.J. trying to sell my house!!

Cannonsight · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2006, 03:27:55 PM »

how big is your tube?

reddog · « **Reply #7 on:** March 31, 2006, 03:47:41 PM »

Barrel is 15.5 long. 2.50 at breech, 2.125 at muzzel, 1 inch bore. I bought the cannon from Cannon-Mania, Like I said it ain't very big but I like It A lot, It's very well made.

Cannonsight · « **Reply #8 on:** April 02, 2006, 07:11:20 AM »

Yeah, that's a bit small. I'd use either a vernier tang sight or even regular buckhorn sights. The graduations won't be the same but you can practice loads & ranges and make a chart.