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Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« on: August 30, 2012, 03:25:47 PM »
I just completed this and took it to the range today.






Here's a video from the range.

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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2012, 04:35:53 PM »
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2012, 04:57:03 PM »
Love your recoil action , nice job . More ideas
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2012, 03:12:09 AM »
You make some cool looking cannons! ;D ;D ;D 8) 8) 8) ;D ;D ;D   What type spring are you using in the recoil tube? Single ot stacked springs?
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2012, 03:17:51 AM »
What would be a ballpark price on a piece like this?
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2012, 04:08:33 AM »
     What a novel idea.  Dom, you never cease to amaze us.  Cool gun!  Looks great and has traverse, elevation and recoil controls too.  Reminds us of the 1894, 5"/40 Casemate gun on the Olympia, Admiral Perry's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay, now a museum in Philadelphia, PA.
 
Love that recoil action!!

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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2012, 02:25:44 AM »
Thanks for the above compliments.
 
de_lok,  I used 2 springs stacked for the recoil asembly.
 
chefjeff,  I don't have a price for these.  I built this over a the past year in my spare time and I'm not planning to sell any.
 
 
 M&T,  The same type 5in./40 gun sits at Fort Miles.  This is one I got the idea from.  I think this one is also from the Olympia as this ship carried 10 of these.  Compare the photo on page 61 of NAVAL GUNS by Hans Mehl, with the photo below.  Dom

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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2012, 05:45:59 AM »
That's a really fine piece, Dom; did you make the wheels on the elevation and traverse screws from scratch, or did you find them somewhere?
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2012, 06:55:30 AM »
Quote from: Cannoneer on September 01, 2012, 05:45:59 AM
That's a really fine piece, Dom; did you make the wheels on the elevation and traverse screws from scratch, or did you find them somewhere?

I made the wheels by taking a short piece of heavy wall tubing and cutting it to a length thats the same as the wall thickness and rounding the corners.  This forms the outer ring of the wheel.  One spoke and a nut in the center and the handle finishes it. 
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2012, 02:00:39 PM »
Thanks Dominick for sharing, your ingenuity is amazing and you shop must be full of a lot of machines.
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2012, 02:42:00 AM »
Hey Dom,

Beautiful job! Would it have been ok to make this as a breech load bag type cannon? This falls under the pre 1898 ATF cutoff right it is a 1894 design?

Thx!
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2012, 11:53:45 AM »
Quote from: Joey V. on November 23, 2012, 02:42:00 AM
Hey Dom,

Beautiful job! Would it have been ok to make this as a breech load bag type cannon? This falls under the pre 1898 ATF cutoff right it is a 1894 design?

Thx!

Thanks for the compliment.  I don't know if a breechloader would be legal.  I just play it safe and made it a muzzleloader.  Dom
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Re: Replica Naval Casemate Gun
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2012, 08:38:52 PM »
Dom, Wonderful work as always. If you went into production of these for sale, I predict they would sell like Hotcakes. There could be a series of them: .357, .50, .69, .75. Love that recoil mechanism. Great work!!
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