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Offline dan610324

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naval or field artillery carriage ;-) well I dont know ;-) judge by yourself
« on: September 01, 2008, 01:33:45 PM »
I found this picture in an swedish advertising site today

I dont know what it is   ;D ;D ;D

how could anyone create such an monster ??
ok the barrel is an old cast iron 3 foot barrel .
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Re: naval or field artillery carriage ;-) well I dont know ;-) judge by yourself
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2008, 02:13:06 PM »
The cannon was originally a swivel gun made primarily for shipboard use.  Idiots always saw off the original swivel mount, toss it, and mount it on bastard repro carriages like that one.  I've found very few swivel guns on their original mounts.
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