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Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« on: March 14, 2011, 04:21:39 AM »
Ok here is what I'm working on.

This was my inspiration


Here are my sketches. I'm not much of a draftsman



I gathered up some scraps from my junk pile.


Facing off and boring the barrels



A trial fit of the parts


More to follow I just have to wait for another day off.
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 04:42:16 AM »
WOW ! that is some nice work .
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2011, 05:58:03 AM »
Copper bands are a nice touch!

Good to see the variety too!

:D :D :D
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 07:23:27 AM »
Thanks guys. I did a little more before I had to go to work tonight. All that left is drilling the touch holes, finding a tiller and a polish of the bores. I think I will leave it banged up a bit  it makes it look older.




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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 08:01:07 AM »
So, you can load all three barrels but you have to prime each barrel just before shooting.  Correct?
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 08:16:40 AM »
 :D, Great concept! Should work splendidly! BoomLover
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2011, 09:12:49 AM »
So, you can load all three barrels but you have to prime each barrel just before shooting.  Correct?
Zulu

That is correct. I thought about a sliding cover that would keep powder in the pan but. I did not want to get too fancy.
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2011, 05:14:25 PM »
Big time, neato!!!!
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2011, 05:33:48 PM »
Very cool!

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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2011, 06:30:11 AM »
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2011, 06:32:02 AM »
COOL DUDE!

I like the stain/finish on the tiller too!
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2011, 06:41:31 AM »
COOL DUDE!

I like the stain/finish on the tiller too!

The stain is a 50/50 mix of Mahogany and Walnut, topped off with Linseed Oil
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2011, 12:16:59 PM »
How about this video?  ;D


It's always fun to watch those guys...

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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2011, 12:33:35 PM »
15th century percussion, huh?  I thought percussion was invented by Reverend Forsyth in the 1815 era.  Fun but illogical.  Percussion nipples must have been added by some 19th century owner.
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2011, 12:43:12 PM »
15th century percussion, huh?  I thought percussion was invented by Reverend Forsyth in the 1815 era.  Fun but illogical.  Percussion nipples must have been added by some 19th century owner.

You beat me to it.  I was just about to ask someone to enlighten me. 
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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2011, 12:54:37 PM »
I ran across that Percussion one too, when I was looking for ideas. I'm not sure about the idea of banging it on a table also. I'm asuming they would have used a hand held hammer to strike the caps. A neat update of an old weapon though.

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Re: Hand Gonne Contest 2011-Rapid fire 14 Century
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2011, 01:07:44 PM »
Well, of course they didn't have percussion caps back then.
But it's still a neat adaptation on a "rapid fire" pole cannon.

If we were too serious on this hobby, we weren't using stainless steel either...