A sharp-eyed moderator, DD, spotted us lurking nearby. It is so easy just being an observer, unless you are a 'forward observer'. What a FANTASTIC FORUMN this is, by far the best on the subject anywhere on the net!! Soon Mike and I who are, "Seacoast Artillery Company" hope to be proud sponsors, and I can assure you that will be quite a thrill. We plan on sharing photos and knowledge with the members as often as we can. We have learned a lot by observing for only a month. The reference section here is excellent by any standard that one could quote.
Right now we offer some photos of a research trip to North Carolina a year ago this week where we visited Ft. Fisher in Kure Beach, NC near Whilmington. We visited the excellent staff at the visitor's center and studied the huge 150 Pdr. Armstrong Rifle which, at that time, until Feb. of 2006, was on loan to The State of North Carolina by the U.S.M.A. at West Point, N.Y. We made a complete and thorough study of this gun and all of its hundreds of details. The field drawing of this spectacular gun and the notebook full of dimensioned details took four days to complete. Lots and lots of details!! ..........Tracy
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123451. Mike is 6Ft. 2in. so you can get an idea how very large this gun and carriage is.
2.Lots of inspection equipment lying about. We used the ladder to get the bore photo.
3.Mike fills another notebook with dimensional details.
4.Now you can see what 'SHUNT RIFLING' looks like. It rotates the studded Armstrong shells from the deep 'loading groove' into the shallow 'firing groove'.
5.Some really neat trunnion markings.