Author Topic: Model 1841 6-Pounder (again) (Read 1337 times)

Max Caliber · « **on:** July 09, 2004, 03:12:33 AM »

DD, Following your new instructions, here is my second try at posting pictures. Max

Double D · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2004, 09:50:49 AM »

Nice looking piece.

You first attempt at posting would have worked If i hade given you all the directions.

I went in and unchecked Disable HTML in this post and Disable BBCode in this post and it work fine .

Sorry for missing that.

Max Caliber · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2004, 02:24:11 AM »

DD, Thanks for the help with the pictures.
Max

Double D · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2004, 03:54:02 AM »

There is another Photobucket feature that is real helpful especially for posting pictures on boards like this. That is the ability to adjust picture size from the host site.

The pictures you posted are too big for this site. People with older computers and smaller moniter with have a difficult time seeing you gun with out scrolling up and a down and right an left.

With PhotoBucket you can go back in and change the size of the pictures without having to repost the link to the Pictures. I can do that with my pay host site, by changing the wording in the coed for link. But some Host sites require posting an entire new link.

I like the PhotoBucket site because it is so easy to use.

Now tell us about the gun. Do you have any picture to post that give us a perspective of it's scale? Who built it?

That is a very nice gun!

p51 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2004, 06:59:47 PM »

Max and I go way back. I've shot this gun before many years ago. It's a 3/4 scale gun, it's a LOT bigger than it looks in the photos!

Double D · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2004, 01:22:21 AM »

Now we can see the gun without scrolling. The best thing to do when you scan the pictures in or down load them from your digital camera is to save them so they are 7 inches wide.

Now we got a all the picture posting stuff out of the way , I wanna hear about the gun. This thing is awesome!

3/4 scale That's big. The detail is fabulous. Who built it ? What's the bore size?

Max Caliber · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2004, 02:18:27 AM »

DD, The gun is a three-quarter scale replica of an 1841 6-pounder, wheel height is around 43 inches. Every piece of the carriage was built by me. The wood is all white oak with the exception of the wheel hubs which are solid black walnut. The shiny parts are mostly bronze and were sand cast. The trail plate, chains and wheel tire nuts and washers were made from brass stock. The bore is around 2.25 inches.

Max

p51 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 29, 2004, 05:14:17 PM »

Max is being too modest. This thing is a work of art.
I keep telling him that he needs a broze barrel on it, but he's always been too cheap. That's why he built his own instead of buying one!

Here's a pic of it back when Max was still tinkering with it.

The people give it some scale that it lacks from the other pics. Max is actually just off the far left of the picture, but you can't make him out much (he's ironically shy considering his hobbies)
Mind you, this was taken in the '70s, and I don't think Max had the same carriage on it then. Notice the OD green paint. That looks kind of farby now, but back then, NOBODY else was even that close the correct CW-era paint. Everyone then all had GREY carriages!
It was funny to watch full-scale guns finally show up in re-enacting and eventually, Max's gun was left at home at events. We came a LONG way from the days of blue jeans and cowboy bib-style shirts!
Still, I've seen a LOT of muzzleloading guns over the years, and I have never, EVER seen one that is more of a work of art than this one!
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