Author Topic: Christmas card cannon... (Read 1401 times)

Victor3 · « **on:** April 23, 2009, 12:22:59 AM »

This is the card my Wife got me last year. What kind of gun is that?

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:48:13 AM »

Obviously a cannon for blondes.

Max Caliber · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:45:00 AM »

Looks like Mons Meg, the giant cannon in Edinburgh, Scotland.

KABAR2 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:45:08 AM »

Mons Meg

http://www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk/index/tour/highlights/highlights-mons-meg.htm

Looks like a good way to get rid of a poodle.......

Victor3 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2009, 02:42:00 AM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on April 23, 2009, 12:48:13 AM

Obviously a cannon for blondes.

Watch it now... My Wife's a blonde.

Inside the card was $200 cash. She wrote that it was intended for me to buy "a cannon or bullets or something."

Beat that

KABAR2 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2009, 04:40:24 AM »

I'd say your loving wife understands you, & likes you to have the things that make you happy,

cards with money in them are always a nice thing!

BoomLover · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2009, 05:39:01 AM »

That Cannon is a Head Hunters "Head Eating" Cannon from Borneo! Thought that would be obvious from the photo! Either that or one of those Clown shooting Cannon, retired from Barnum and Baily a few years ago! Not to disparage either Head Hunters or Clowns, of course. BoomLover

intoodeep · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2009, 01:10:47 PM »

It looks like they have moved it outside. When, I was there in '96 it was inside. Sorry about the photo. It was taken pre-digital. So, this is a photo of a photo since, I do not have a scanner.

KABAR2 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2009, 04:41:44 PM »

Actually it may still be inside, I found the photo on the web no telling when it was taken,
I also found several taken inside I just liked this one so I used it.

Victor3 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2009, 03:19:54 AM »

Quote from: KABAR2 on April 23, 2009, 01:45:08 AM

Mons Meg

http://www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk/index/tour/highlights/highlights-mons-meg.htm

Looks like a good way to get rid of a poodle.......

From what I read about it, sounds like it should have had a seamless steel sleeve epoxied in.

This one's from the 1400's. What older cannons are still around?

dan610324 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2009, 12:59:52 PM »

here you got the 2 oldest swedish cannons ever found , the loshult cannon is estimated to 1320 - 1340 depending what source you read . many both national and international sources claim this cannon to be the oldest surviving cannon in the world . the earliest pictures of a cannon known today is from 1326 and show an almost identical cannon as this one .

the other picture is the morko cannon , estimated to 1350 - 1385 . but its more like a hakebus .

GGaskill · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2009, 04:28:56 PM »

Any idea what the lettering on the second one says?

dan610324 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2009, 07:50:58 PM »

sorry , but I dont know .
will try to call the museum today and ask them .

KABAR2 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 27, 2009, 01:48:45 PM »

It reads:

Use Ye black powder only, read instruction scroll before use, do not look in big hole end while

firing........

Sorry I couldn't resist.........

dan610324 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 27, 2009, 03:45:34 PM »

oooohhhh , is this the first Ruger model ??

yeah could be , as they was the first to build guns with cast parts .

KABAR2 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 27, 2009, 06:57:12 PM »

Quote from: dan610324 on April 27, 2009, 03:45:34 PM

oooohhhh , is this the first Ruger model ??
yeah could be , as they was the first to build guns with cast parts .

Actually that isn't true many guns from 1840's on used cast parts..... Ruger only improved on it with lost wax process.

But I see what I was thinking of wasn't lost on you

RocklockI · « **Reply #16 on:** April 27, 2009, 07:31:13 PM »

the morko is definatly on the "to do" list

. the inscrpistions are religious but i havnt discovered what they are or mean .

Quote from: dan610324 on April 26, 2009, 12:59:52 PM

here you got the 2 oldest swedish cannons ever found , the loshult cannon is estimated to 1320 - 1340 depending what source you read . many both national and international sources claim this cannon to be the oldest surviving cannon in the world . the earliest pictures of a cannon known today is from 1326 and show an almost identical cannon as this one .

the other picture is the morko cannon , estimated to 1350 - 1385 . but its more like a hakebus .

subdjoe · « **Reply #17 on:** April 28, 2009, 01:58:59 AM »

Quote from: GGaskill on April 26, 2009, 04:28:56 PM

Any idea what the lettering on the second one says?

This end towards target. There is even a little arrow for those who can't read.

Victor3 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 28, 2009, 02:10:49 AM »

Quote from: dan610324 on April 27, 2009, 03:45:34 PM

oooohhhh , is this the first Ruger model ??
yeah could be , as they was the first to build guns with cast parts .

I remember when one or another Ruger pistol (think it was the MK-II) came out, one gun rag writer noted that if you get tired of shooting it, you can read it

KABAR2 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2009, 02:53:50 AM »

Apparently someone in Denmark is reproducing this Gonne, take a look at this photo album.....

http://picasaweb.google.dk/www.griffen.eu/BornholmsMiddelaldercenter2006#

Dan is there any way you can contact this fellow and find out more information?

dan610324 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2009, 11:35:43 PM »

yeah it seem that someone already makes a similar gonne , but what I can see from the photos it doest have the engraved writing on it . if I could find some kind of contact info I would contact him .

I just got a reply from the historical museum in stockholm and those pictures .

the weight is 945 gram

I havent got the exact words of the writing yet , but they claim that its a missunderstood or contaminated phrase from the ave maria pray , in german and latin . the writing is only at the upper 3 surfaces of the gonne .

I will try to have better photos and the exact writing .

maybe even ask them if I could borrow the original to produce an identical copy ,
but that will probably be difficult . they will of course not let it leave the museum ,
but maybe if I do it in the museum .

Victor3 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 04, 2009, 01:29:39 AM »

Quote from: dan610324 on May 03, 2009, 11:35:43 PM

...they claim that its a missunderstood or contaminated phrase from the ave maria pray...

Ave Maria = Hail Mary.

Handgonne not likely to hit target = Long pass into end zone not likely to be received.

It's all coming together...

dan610324 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:33:26 AM »

some better photos I just recieved from the museum .

dan610324 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:40:45 AM »

dan610324 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:42:41 AM »

dan610324 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:44:12 AM »

last pic

dan610324 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:15:25 AM »

I just got a 4.6 mb picture from the museum , if anyone want it in fullsize just send me an email : dan610324@hotmail.com