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Offline karlos59

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Down Under Thunder
« on: December 02, 2008, 12:35:35 AM »
Guys just a few pics of the Mountain Howitzer we built down here (Australia) The first 3 are our piece and the fourth is with a MH on Prairie Carriage and a Tredegar Mountain Rifle and the last two are Coehorn that we built.Thanks Karl
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Re: Down Under Thunder
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2008, 01:12:47 AM »
Karl,

Welcome Back!

those are some good looking cannon! In the first photo is that a recessed steel sleeve I'm seeing at the muzzle?

You should submit some of these when the time comes  for the 2010 calender, nice photo's


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Re: Down Under Thunder
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2008, 05:35:35 AM »
Those are some very great looking cannons. The mortar, too. Has the government down there placed any restrictions
on the owning and firing of BP cannons and mortars?
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Re: Down Under Thunder
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2008, 12:40:30 AM »
Karl,
      When is there a cannon shoot at Ripley?  I just moved out of Brisbane and am now based near Laidley.  So Ripley will be my local range.  PM me if you like, can't let something this good be happening near my place and not get involved. 

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Re: Down Under Thunder
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2009, 12:20:53 PM »
In my home state Queensland you can't have a cannon with a bore larger than 2 inches and a barrel longer than 48 inches.As we wanted a full scale external piece we went with the Mountain Howitzer rather than a scaled 6 pounder or something similar.
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Re: Down Under Thunder
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2009, 12:34:46 PM »
Karl - WELCOME -

GOOD PIX!   Looks like lots of fun and some great places to shoot too.

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Re: Down Under Thunder
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2009, 04:13:39 PM »
Aussie BP Power! Good looking pieces, guys! Thanks for the pics. Is the bore of the Mortar kind of small on purpose? From all the heavy metal around it, it looks like it could have been twice as large, and still have been safe. Just wondering! BoomLover
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Re: Down Under Thunder
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2009, 12:23:22 AM »
2 inches is the max we can go for cannon or mortar bore size. So I like full size external with a 2 inch bore. Karl
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