Author Topic: 5/8" bore signal cannon~ (Read 1486 times)

oltom · « **on:** September 10, 2011, 02:40:11 PM »

Finished up the little carriage fro this signal cannon......I probably will give it back to my fatherinlaw....he gave me the barrel, and has shot it with lead balls

I told him NO!....it isn't steel, but a cast metal type.....a 'door stop' at best, MAYbe a small charge for noise only!! anyway....I made it...now HE can paint it!

Cannoneer · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2011, 05:30:00 PM »

kaintuck,

I like the carriage, but is the barrel cast iron, or some kind of white metal?

RocklockI · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2011, 06:52:40 PM »

kaintuck , will he do it agian ? Will some son of get hurt years from now . When you say "cast" and "not steel"

........... It isn't worth the risk . That should be secured as a door stop and with a barrel full of lead or zinc.

Make or buy a good gun . JMHO

Sounds like boiler plate sometimes ,but when you think about it these things will out last us all . Sooner or later .....something bad will happen .

Gary

BTW I do like the carriage ! It has a tall VOC type look . High enough to service but still a small gun .

OoooOOoo1010010 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2011, 08:27:43 PM »

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oltom · « **Reply #4 on:** September 11, 2011, 02:19:44 AM »

oldsalt~ that's it!

did they come with that carriage?

OoooOOoo1010010 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 11, 2011, 06:41:04 AM »

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Cannoneer · « **Reply #6 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:21:07 AM »

I believe that Barney Cannons Inc. So. Bend Ind. later became South Bend Replicas, Inc., maybe sometime in the late 60's (I'm not sure of the date). A very similar cannon model is still made by SBR; it has a 5/8 inch bore, and it's called the 'Continental', but I don't know if the barrel that kaintuck is showing is the same barrel that OldSalt1841 posted a photo of.
OldSalt's cannon is cast iron with a steel liner, just like the present day SBR Continental model.

Photos by anatlantian

OoooOOoo1010010 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 11, 2011, 03:27:59 PM »

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KABAR2 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2011, 06:47:03 AM »

They are not the same manufacturer... look at the breach face on each gun the Barney/SBR is flat compaired to the first photo ....also if you look at the moldings Barney/SBR are finer in detail.

OoooOOoo1010010 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2011, 09:07:06 AM »

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Cannoneer · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2011, 09:52:26 AM »

kaintuck,

I'm also fairly certain that your father-in-law's barrel isn't a "Barney" cannon. See if a magnet is attracted to it, then at least you'll know if it's made of iron, and not some type of pot metal.