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blakely model 10
« on: October 08, 2010, 03:29:36 AM »
well I have gotten off the band wagon on my reseach of the blakely model 10.
   I know there were  or are 2 in the naval yard of washington but  not everybody can just drive in. so does anyone konw of any other??  or anyone have a set of plans for one. i plan on putting in on my 1st model prairie carriage.  i have seen a few pics of them on that carriage.

   and i am also looking for pics of the 1st model prairie carriage with implement hooks hanging from the front.. and not the confederate mountian rifle carriage., I am looking for how they carried the rammer adn sponge for the ames 3 and 4 lb smoothbore??   


rick bryan
 
on my way to nashville today then to hickery NC tomarrow the back home to poquoson va.
 got to love road trips



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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 03:56:03 AM »
Thats a LOT of miles!  Wave as you go by Pulaski - I'm painting the house.
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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 06:08:26 AM »
 well i am in henderson nc heading south on 85   a ways to go i guess.
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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 10:00:56 AM »
AOP shows No.67 as "Civil & Indian War Mtn Howitzer on a 1st Model Prairie Carriage [Research Packet]".  A Research Packet has been a collection of prints versus their usual bound folio.
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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2010, 10:30:49 AM »
Rick,
Along with the two at the USNY Washington, D.C., there is a 2.9-inch Blakely Rifle Type 10 located in Atlanta, Georgia, at the 'Atlanta Historical Center'.
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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2010, 12:02:16 PM »
I don't recall seeing any Type 10 Blakely's on display at the Washington Navy Yard the last time I was there.
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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2010, 12:54:57 PM »
     There are two in the courtyard of the Beaufort Arsenal in Beaufort, South Carolina that Mike and I studied in 2006.  I think they are 4s or 6s though; the trunnion band is not nearly as thick as that on a 10.  Nice rifling though, the old 'sawtooth', very deep.

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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2010, 01:19:39 PM »
Max,
There were two at the navy yard, and cannonmn had a video not all that long ago that I think still showed them (although I'm not positive on that).
Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War By James C. Hazlett, Edwin Olmstead, M. Hume Parks: Read the partial paragraph on the 2.9-inch Blakely Rifle, Type 10.


This is the caption to a photo and the text that follows it taken from a website created by Steven Roberts:Captain Alexander Blakely RA

(I'll send the photo to you and Rick by PM)
9 pounder Blakely cavalry or mountain gun 1861
One of two at Washington Navy Yard on museum mountings
It is to Blakely’s “standard” design for small ordnance
A Warren Ripley Picture


The 2.9 inch (actually made as a 3 inch) rifle is a rare piece of artillery in Confederate service. It was constructed by Fawcett Preston and by the Blakely Ordnance Company at the Bear Lane gun manufactory in Southwark. From its size it would have been either a cavalry gun or a mountain gun. It was not built on the same principle as the short 3˝ inch “Confederate” field gun but had a slim jacket and a very large cast-iron trunnion ring. The two remaining Confederate survivors are remarkably similar to their 9 pounder relatives in Peru. 
 
● Details: 2.9 inch (3 inch) bore, firing a 9 pound bolt, 36 inch barrel length overall, six-groove, Scott triangular rifling
 
Other 2.9 inch Blakely rifle guns were apparently made for the Confederate States Navy or for privateers of small tonnage, much longer and with a breech ring. None seem to have got through the blockade.


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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2010, 02:59:06 PM »
Boom J,

OK, they are located at Building H and not the main museum. There are cannon scattered all over the place there. The last time I was there, vehicle access was somewhat restricted and some gates were closed. Never did get to the old US Marine Corps Museum, which was probably closed anyway since there is a new one at Quantico. They had a heck of a collection of small cannon there.
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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2010, 03:06:48 PM »
well am going to plan a trip up there then, and see and take measurements of the guns i want to build. anyone else want to go we can make a trip out of it for the board.   I have a regional naval badge and i am going to see if that iwll get me on base or what i have to do,


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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2010, 03:07:59 PM »
oh also just crossed into tenn. on I-40 west,  heading to murfreesboro tonight.

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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2010, 03:13:10 PM »
Here is a link to the Washington Navy Yard Museeum  http://dc.about.com/od/washingtondcmuseums/a/WashNavyYard.htm

You have to call  24 hours in advance to get in.
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Re: blakely model 10
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2010, 04:53:51 PM »
rampa room artillery,

 I don't know if this is what you are looking for. Below is a drawing that my father made years ago when he owned the one that is pictured the Artillery & Ammunition Book.




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