Guess who now owns a freakin artillery cannon?

[xdman]

Full size 1841 mountain howitzer replica, functioning but could use some tlc to really shine! I got some old pictures and newspapers back when the owners were big into re-enactments.

Got several pounds of black powder, some molds, smelter, lead cannon balls, billiard balls, all the stuff to make it functional. Uses 22 blanks to set it off

Plan to strip the gold paint and make it black. Gold paint always looks like paint. Remove all the metal, blast it and re-paint black with rust reforming paint. Strip the wood, fix some cracks and repaint, but not sure of the color. Wheels are good to go and are brand new just installed last week.

 

[Sld1959]

Come and take it, indeed lol

 

[KillerFord1977]

Full size 1841 mountain howitzer replica, functioning but could use some tlc to really shine! I got some old pictures and newspapers back when the owners were big into re-enactments.

Got several pounds of black powder, some molds, smelter, lead cannon balls, billiard balls, all the stuff to make it functional. Uses 22 blanks to set it off

Plan to strip the gold paint and make it black. Gold paint always looks like paint. Remove all the metal, blast it and re-paint black with rust reforming paint. Strip the wood, fix some cracks and repaint, but not sure of the color. Wheels are good to go and are brand new just installed last week.

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Nice !!!
Thats awesome ..

One down and four to go ….

 

[Belt Fed]

Very nice, they have civil war re enactments up the road from me a lot and those big cannons are really loud. course their just loaded with powder but man they will shake the ground.

 

[SimonRL]

Nice add for the guy who has cannon balls! Congrats!

 

[mikep]

I guess the “keep off the grass” sign wasn’t working?

 

[Old_Me]

i was gonna say..."some guy that has a gray Jeep"..??

range report..!!!!!!

or..

"extended/long range report"......

 

[Skunkhouse]

Thats cool!

 

[Bassbob]

Meh. Lemme know when you get a trebuchet.

 

[Shibadog]

Excellent. If you check you’ll find that back when the woodwork on a lot of pieces was a dark green-with the black metal it looks good. Check out pieces at some on the national military parks and you’ll see what I mean. I’m gonna have to get me one of these. I’ve came close but was always too tight to cough up sufficient wampum. Methinks they used gold paint attempting to make it look like a brass tube..

 

[Annihilator]

 

[wolfpack076]

Congrats, that's really really cool

 

[mikep]

where do you even test fire something like that? and when you do... are you standing next to it?

 

[TarnishedCopper]

Get it ready! It may be needed by one party or the other folliwing the election in November!! That makes my 3/4" bore cannon turned-down and bored in high school shop look like a tinker toy....

 

[TarnishedCopper]

What is the bore size?

 

[javbike]

Congrats that’s really cool

 

[xdman]

What is the bore size?

2 1/4 bore, shoots 2 pound lead balls or American billiard balls.

 

[KillerFord1977]

2 1/4 bore, shoots 2 pound lead balls or American billiard balls.

I call “9 ball into Mr Johnson’s living room across the street”

 

[mikep]

I call “9 ball into Mr Johnson’s living room across the street”

Mrs J ain’t gonna be happy.

 

[TarnishedCopper]

I've always wanted to build one that would shoot golf balls. (1 11/16 inch in diameter) Living next to a golf course, the projectiles are free and plentiful.