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Offline Matt Dixon

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I'm glad to be back!
« on: August 25, 2009, 06:18:13 PM »
Well hi have not been on here in quite some time. A few years i built a small mortar but now im on to bigger and a different type of cannon this time. Im building a mountain howitzer. Now the question is for the carriage how do i size everything i was told the trail was about 1/3 longer than the wheels and the wheel base is the same as the wheel diameter this correct ? Thanks Matt D
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Re: I'm glad to be back!
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2009, 06:57:37 PM »
There was a pack carriage, and a couple types of prairie carriage that the Mt. Howitzer could be mounted on; which carriage do you want to mount your barrel on?
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Re: I'm glad to be back!
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2009, 07:08:07 PM »
ANTIQUE ORDNANCE PUBLISHERS

http://lassengunsmithing.com/AOPCatalog.htm

check that address , they have what you need to cheap prices
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Re: I'm glad to be back!
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2009, 07:40:02 PM »
im thanking a prairie carriage
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Re: I'm glad to be back!
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2009, 08:05:22 PM »
Try Nos. 67 and 68 at Antique Ordnance Publishers.
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Re: I'm glad to be back!
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2009, 08:49:28 PM »
The pack carriage had 38-inch diameter wheels, and the prairie carriages had 42-inch diameter wheels, with a wider wheel base than the pack carriage.
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