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Offline Doc Brown.

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Trunnion pockets seem strange.
« on: February 26, 2013, 10:16:07 AM »
An interesting fleabay cannon barrel with what appears to be strange trunnion pockets. Could be camera illusion but they appear to be off. Cant put my finger on it but looking at them they seem strange.
 
I guess whoever buys it can throw it up in der millin machine and re do Them.  Or use to line up there trunnions to be welded.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Massive-Brass-Pirate-Civil-war-Navy-Signal-CANNON-Artillery-Barrel-30-lbs-/190801724553?pt=Vintage_Hunting&hash=item2c6cab4489
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Re: Trunnion pockets seem strange.
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2013, 10:31:35 AM »
Please dont take this the wrong way, but what make you say its an interesting barrel.?


I find it quite unsexy, wrong proportions, wrong size of trunnion (or lack of).. I find it ugly as sin, but we are all different  :)  (and thank God for that, or the world would be a boring place)



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Offline KABAR2

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Re: Trunnion pockets seem strange.
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2013, 10:32:46 AM »
Unknown quanity and quality... it would be better to start from scratch with known material rather than something that was poorly machined.... you spend more time fixing other people's mistakes than it's worth.... And for what it is selling for you can buy an awful lot of roundstock for.....
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Re: Trunnion pockets seem strange.
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2013, 12:25:08 PM »
It looks to be around a .75 caliber bore, and it appears like those pockets should be widened for larger diam. trunnions anyway. I'll go along with neros on this one, it's kind of a funky lookin' tube.
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