Armstrong 12-pdr. Breechloader with Gravity Recoil and Carriage Traverse

[cannonmn]

Someone wanted me to post pix of this.  This is an arsenal or manufacturer's model.  As with many of these, for some reason there's no marking of any kind that I've found so far.

Sorry the watermarks I put on the photos are not inconspicuous, I'm trying to find out how to correctly watermark photos and I used a poor-man's substitute for now. 

Dimensions of model: 

Wheel outside track:  11.125 in.
Wheel dia:  9.25 in.
Bore, land-to-land:  0.5 in.
Length over trunnions:  2.5 in.
Model length overall:  23 in.
Barrel length excluding breech screw:  15.0625 in.
Model Weight:  12 lbs.
Axletree cross-section:  1.25 in. square
Axletree length:  7.625 in.
Recoil track length:  4.625 in.
Length between outsides of recoil tracks:  3.625 in.

[seacoastartillery]

     Wow, what a unique carriage!  Do you think that a full size version of this gun and carriage would remain upright after 8 or 9 hundred lbs. slammed down and to the front upon its gravity return to battery?  Would it not tip over onto it's muzzle?  What a conversation piece!  Really neat model!

Regards,

Tracy and Mike

[cannonmn]

That's a very good question, the model tips over forward very easily.

[dan610324]

thats an very impressive model , as usual when it comes from you John .
if it had been an model from Mike and Tracy I wouldnt have been surprised ,
they seem to not know how to produce an low quality model .
but this one is produced almost 150 years ago