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Offline oltom

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garrison cannon?
« on: November 21, 2009, 01:58:13 AM »
Hi again, from the hills of Tenn.........i started making a wheel feild carraige for this 15" cannon barrel......but after looking around on this site, I think "I'm barking up the wrong tree"~ this should be a garrison cannon with the tiny steel wheels.like on a ship???
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 03:07:18 AM »
Shipboard cannons had wooden wheels garrison guns had steel wheels.
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 07:17:12 AM »
this is a 15" cast cannon...i DOUBT it was made for firing~even with blanks...... but will make a nice doorstop~i have ordered a set of carraige plans from dixie gun works for the proper carriage. neat little cannon, wish i knew it's beginnings, and wish it had a insert~ ;D
something for me to tinker with this winter.........
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 12:48:06 PM »
I have pictures of one of those after firing, most of the part were found,
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2009, 10:47:27 PM »
was it this pictures ??

kaintuck
do you have any more dimensions
even if it aint a shooter that could be changed if you got access to a lathe
with a thick steel liner it could be a useable cannon
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2009, 01:41:08 AM »
15" long, with a approx 3/4" bore, touch hole drilled. weighs around 7lbs.
I don't know anybody to do the insert thing....but i thought about it!...a order from numrich arms parts would get me a short piece of BP barrel, and it could be threaded and plugged, then sleeved into this barrel......alotta work~
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2009, 01:54:54 AM »
from what I can see the barrel seem thick enough
its probably 2,5" in diameter around the chamber , is that correct ??
is it a cast or machined bore ??
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 05:46:05 AM »
Well kiantuck , I'll pile on too ! ;D If you can get on a lathe you could clean that tube up alittle .

Even a auto grinder will work if you dont have a lathe .......hee hheee heee sorry .

That gun DD posted should be illegal , if I was a little kid and my dad had come home with a lawnbomb like that........it wouldnt have been good . ::)
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2009, 06:27:48 AM »


good term:   'lawnbomb'

the meaning is clear
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Re: garrison cannon?
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2009, 06:53:41 AM »
Quote from: Double D on November 21, 2009, 03:07:18 AM
Shipboard cannons had wooden wheels garrison guns had steel wheels.

Correct. Actually, wooden wheels on shipboard carriages are referred to as "trucks" (presumably (?) because they resemble the cap on the top of a wooden mast, also known as a truck).
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