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Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« on: October 31, 2009, 05:08:05 AM »
Mr. Ed is usually the MC of our "cannonmn" videos.  He was in Leeds last year and provided these photos of some exhibits with himself as the size model.  I think he's about 5'8" tall.





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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 05:16:59 AM »
the type rifles on the wall ?  All the same or variations of same models ?
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Re: Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2009, 05:20:46 AM »
Mr Ed,

I'm jealous it's been along time since I have been able to travel it looks like they have some nice displays worth seeing,

I reconize the Chinese cannon form someone else's visit, only in this photo I can see the bore for the size of the gun

it is rather small.

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Re: Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2009, 05:49:41 AM »
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the type rifles on the wall ?  All the same or variations of same models ?

The original photos he sent are pretty large, so I can pick out detail.  The rifles in the lower arc look like all WWI-era German Mauser K-98's.  The group above that is a mixture of two or three different types of bolt-action military rifles which I can't identify.  There are of course a number of single-shot blackpowder pistols in the photo.
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Re: Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2009, 09:56:55 AM »
Are there any close-ups of the coehorn mortars in the first pic?
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Re: Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2009, 01:35:38 PM »
No Coehorn closeups, but maybe I can make one out of his large photo; if it comes out big enuf I will post it here.  There are three 4.5 Coehorns and two 5.5 Royals, as I recall.
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Re: Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 01:45:18 PM »
Here are the Coehorns which Boom J asked about.  Now it looks like two 4.5's and three 5.5's.

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Re: Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2009, 12:03:07 PM »
Thanks.
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Re: Mr. Ed visits Leeds
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2009, 12:16:46 PM »
Here's a closer look at our 4.5-inch.  Note the magic marker aiming mark-temporary of course, doesn't hurt it.  Tanya has grown up and gotten a lot better looking in the 3 years since we made that video, she's a friend of a friend who happened to be at the range that day.

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