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Offline Cannoneer

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New from the Guru!
« on: December 11, 2012, 09:16:49 PM »
That's right boys, the Guru is back, and this time he's stumbled upon the "mother lode."

This is timely in a way, because this model Hotchkiss is currently being considered as the possible design of a future build.

PS  Any finder's fees come to you know who. Ha, ha!

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Re: New from the Guru!
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2012, 06:48:35 AM »
"What we have here is a 1.65 MM"  :o  boy that big cannon has a tiny bore!  ::)
"it uses a fused primer just like they did in the Civil War" Do you mean Friction primer perhaps?
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Re: New from the Guru!
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2012, 09:08:16 AM »
You know, I've got a complaint against the Guru on this clip, at least he usually shows a cannon from many different perspectives, but on this one the camera is only positioned to record two static angles. Bad form Guru, bad form I say!
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Re: New from the Guru!
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2012, 10:40:33 AM »
That's what happens when you use family for your projects..... I guess miniguru wasn't as into filming this episode.......
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Re: New from the Guru!
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2012, 06:04:44 PM »
Quote from: KABAR2 on December 12, 2012, 06:48:35 AM

"it uses a fused primer just like they did in the Civil War" Do you mean Friction primer perhaps?

You forgot to mention he also says at one point that they "pulled the "line" (lanyard?) in the Civil War.
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Re: New from the Guru!
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2012, 09:51:12 PM »
Quote from: KABAR2 on December 13, 2012, 10:40:33 AM
That's what happens when you use family for your projects..... I guess miniguru wasn't as into filming this episode.......

I think it's possible that the Guru might be giving the Junior Guru too much responsibility, too soon, although the special effects seen at the beginning of the video (switching positions) were nothing short of spectacular.
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Re: New from the Guru!
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2012, 01:20:08 AM »
 Ol' Gooroo musta been the guy who described the artillarees used in the filming of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...







http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Good,_The_Bad,_and_The_Ugly,_The
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