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Offline RocklockI

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Three Big Boxes
« on: December 10, 2008, 03:48:30 AM »
Came to my door via UPS yesterday . I tippy toed out into the snow when I saw them coming , to make sure they found my house .

"Somehow" that great gift ordered my wife had TURNED ITSELF into a Confederate Parrot gun of the 1/3 scale and 10 lb varitiy .

From Dom Carpenter too ! In all seriousness Dom is an artist in steel , I'm very happy with it ,to put it mildly, it is posted in a differant post I have no camera .

As I hope to get my wife a camera for Christmas , hopefully it doesn't turn itself into a twin trailed Rev. Howie ....on the way home .  She's a lucky woman  :-*!

She's a bute Dominick ,Thanks Again ;D

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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 06:35:36 AM »
Do you mean this nice cannon everyone drooled over?









Looks like Dom, did a fantastic job on it, hope you get your wife a camera soon so we can

see your new cannon with smoke & fire!

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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 10:14:48 AM »
     Maybe if a certain "new cannon" owner were to call the two cannon makers about 20 miles south of his location, they would agree to loan their canon camera to him for a photo session if they can come along with it to see Dom's latest masterpiece.  Blanks in the backyard??

     Congratulations Gary, it sure looks good.  Do you have a lead mold lined up yet?  We think golf balls will be just a mass of burning rubber bands past the muzzle face!  Besides you need ammo with a lot more sectional density for any long range accuracy.  We can see big holes blown in some high plains snow drifts already!  You do remember taking down a few 50 foot long cliff-side icicles at 10,000 feet with the 1797 4" mortar 30 years ago don't you?

Lookin good!!

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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 06:06:00 PM »
You guys are "on the list for sure" you know I remember several mind numbing or icicles adventures wit you's guys . But of course what happened on long ago semi illegal romps into the 10,000 ft + hinderlands stays on the 10K plus hinterlands ;D.

Oh , say St. Mary's Galcier ,or "Oh My God Road" down into Blackhawk....."

Thanks Much on the compliments . I didn't know if yous had escaped the hazzards and moral pitfalls of Berkly yet !  ;D

The parrot gun is by all accounts The Best Looking PARROT GUN known to exist , bar n ..o..n ..e ????         OK ,The Best Looking 10lb Confederate Parrot . Let me know whens good for you . ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 06:08:52 PM »
Better B.C.'s and sectional densities are only any good if a barrel were say ....rifled , Hummm  where can a body find a rifling machine ????? ;)
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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2008, 08:51:11 AM »
Dominick,

 You didn't say in the first post, what the combined weight of the barrel and carriage is. Did the man in brown leave more than his footprints in the snow when he carried Rocklock's treasure to his door?
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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2008, 12:17:27 PM »
I think it's approx 140 lbs.
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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2008, 01:21:50 PM »
The two UPS drivers were thrilled to know they delivered a cannon . They kept saying " a CANNON ,CANNON ?"

I said yep they said "Oh cool,I am happy to deliver it !" they even carried it inside for me .

BTW ,stand by for a "Full Page Spread" , as a couple of local cannon makers ,and members of this board , came over today and took lots of pics and studied it up ,down ,right ,left AND center .......Have you guys ever seen a "Smart Car" ?

I must say they "haul the frieght" :D ,some towed behind and some inside !!!!! :o

In all sincerity ,I had a great time with Mike and Tracy , and was very proud when they both said , "It looks great !"
Thanks agian Dom , you ARE the man . Gary
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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2008, 04:13:21 PM »
You're welcome Gary.
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Re: Three Big Boxes
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2008, 07:57:31 AM »
I really like the site mechanism on this Parrot. The whole thing just looks great. Plenty of breech here . I bet its going to pack a wallup at the range !
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