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Offline Cannoneer

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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #30 on: July 15, 2009, 06:14:41 AM »
Parmamoon,

 Thanks for posting the photo album, I really admire your ingenuity when it comes to shaping both metal, and wood. I think you did an all round excellent job in fashioning the naval carriage, carriage hardware, and the block & tackle.
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2009, 01:15:57 PM »
scottish cast iron , UUURRKKKK  so ugly   ;D
when you have the beautiful Mons Meg   ::)

but I can see lots of barrels in your collection that  NOT  are made of iron  ;D
even you highlanders have some style some times  ;)

bronze is beautiful , but ok making stills from the copper aint any bad idea either  ;D see my avatar
just as I know you love the beauty of a bronze cannon so much I must show you a real cannon ,
now you probably come and throw haggis on me  :'(
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #32 on: July 15, 2009, 01:51:44 PM »
 ;D Dan don't you guys anything nasty that is a local...'tradition' that most others would find sick ,and just plain wrong :o

i was wondering what you could shoot back at him ? maybe some traditional cheese balls gone bad that you can  load that triple tube job with ?  ;D

ETA BTW Carronaider , i'm not taking sides between you too . but that is a nice cannon

not be be nastey or anything do you really like carronades , i do too ,but dont see much on them . or much interest....
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #33 on: July 15, 2009, 02:26:36 PM »
dan if you didn't include the photo of the muzzle I would have asked who squashed such a nice cannon....... ;D
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #34 on: July 15, 2009, 02:36:06 PM »
Dan, that is a beautiful cannon. Do you know if it shot a single bar type projectile, multiple shot, or maybe something else?
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #35 on: July 15, 2009, 02:40:38 PM »
there is many questions and thoughts when people see this gun

ok gary , we have a special fermented fish , it smells like hell ,
but haggis and surströmming would destroy all northern europe if we used them for ammo .

it shoots 3 single halfpounder balls without any connection between them
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #36 on: July 15, 2009, 03:00:25 PM »
i had to look surströmming up .....jezz louise  :D.....

have you ever had the thing / stuff ? they suggested onions potatos and a flattonbred (sp)..

it would be bad to shoot it in a cannon .

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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #37 on: July 15, 2009, 10:20:30 PM »
he he he , you havent smelled it yet  ;D
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #38 on: July 15, 2009, 11:33:10 PM »
You snake Dan,you know I will have to go chase information on that beautifull barrel.Is why I put out Public Safety alert about you,as with we Scots a big part of your heritage is with the fishing,and don't you just know where to drop the bait.
 Be carefull Rocklock !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  the Messiah of mortars , the disciple of ugly guns is once again on the prowl for converts.Damn Swede has so much good information and pretty pictures he should have a health warning next to his name.
 Now then Rocklock if you really want to look at real guns.........maybe I could interest you in the Tsar of tubes , the Duke of destruction ,the much overlooked and under researched Carronade.I am no expert on them but get a boost when other people take an interest and go looking deeper for information to share and this way learn more myself.I just like them.
 Dan,do you think this barrel you show could have been rigged for chain shot?
  photo is from Fort George North Scotland,boy do we have some ugly guns and it has that green bed Seacoast was talking about.
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Re: Hey dad, how much does a real cannon cost?
« Reply #39 on: July 15, 2009, 11:43:39 PM »
no it used 3 halfpound balls
I got some 70+ detail photos of it if you are interested
but I lost your email address
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