no its not an salute cannon , it have been belonging to the military in that town for town defence . the museum got it directly from the local regiment
it also have been used that much that it have been rebored sometime during the time of use .
and the touchhole have been repaired and the bore is also enlarged from the origin size, but at least not after 1852 ( since then the museum have owned it ) so if before that is modern time , yes . the black painting was done 1954.
king karl XII was standardice the cannons in early 1700 to not need to take as many different sizes for balls , but he slightly over bored them . in that way the enemies couldnt use the swedish balls if they captured any , but the swedes could still use captured enemy balls , that quite clever to have been found out some 300 years ago
the 45 degree angle touchhole is not that uncommon in early northern european guns . Im not so sure for the rest of the world .
another well known example is the vasa cannon .
from the beginning it probably been an 3 pounder regimental cannon .
this is the one and only of them that I have been able to examin so far, the others aint possible to reach for the moment .
but that will be done as soon as they are awailable , be so sure
but probably the other 2 pairs are local castings , but not sure .
but some documents found in the museum archive indicates that it could be so .
by the way John could you please tell me the name of that book with founders names , what names to you got there from sweden during the 1600 - 1800 time period ?? I can probably give you a few more names , Trotzig and Calhoun is 2 of them .
and by indications from archives its possible that some of the swedish copper mines was casting bronze guns also .
remember that in sweden you must have an royal permit to cast cannons . if not it could be death penalty .
do you really mean you will do that for me for free ?? ooooohhh thats nice
how long time will it take ?? 100 years ?? or 200 ??
well I dont think I can afford the shipping cost