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Posted: 4/2/2017 12:34:41 PM EDT
Revolutionary War howitzer restoration
While at the Baltimore Antique Gun Show I picked up this scale Revolutionary War Howitzer. It was rusty, dirty and missing many parts. The dealer assured me there was a gem under all that dirt. I'm not sure what scale. The dimensions are 24"l x 17"W x 11"H with a 1 3/8" bore. To restore, I submerged the barrel and all metal parts in a ultrasonic cleaner filled with rust remover. After 20 minutes the parts were clean and rust was gone. The wood under the dust was walnut and oak. After cleaning, staining and finishing, the wood was ready to assemble. I decided to blue most of the metal parts. The missing parts had to be fabricated and finished. Before and after pics attached.  imagur imagur imagur imagur imagur imagur imagur
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Posted: 4/2/2017 1:02:21 PM EDT
[#1]
Nice,have you fired it?
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Posted: 4/2/2017 4:10:02 PM EDT
[#2]
Nice! I watched a guy firing a similar one but with a little longer barrel at a fur trader Rendezvous yesterday.
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Posted: 4/3/2017 1:30:15 PM EDT
[#3]
Tagged for the range video
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Posted: 4/3/2017 1:55:45 PM EDT
[#4]
Nice job OP.
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Posted: 4/3/2017 9:56:35 PM EDT
[#5]
Ok... that's incredibly badass!!
How much does it weigh? No idea how you're going to get cannonballs for it, but that's begging for a youtube video. 
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Posted: 4/8/2017 2:36:52 PM EDT
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Check your bore diameter.
Possibly use soda or food cans filled with concrete for projectiles. Real iron round balls will cost $$$$$$$$. |
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Posted: 4/8/2017 2:59:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Check your bore diameter. Possibly use soda or food cans filled with concrete for projectiles. Real iron round balls will cost $$$$. 
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Posted: 4/8/2017 3:18:15 PM EDT
[#8]
He was right too! That turned out beautifully!
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Posted: 4/14/2017 7:27:51 PM EDT
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I have to stay away from this. I am enjoying the bp fire and smoke more than
the black rifle virus. I want to try a hand held cannon. Start off with a 62 cal and go up from there. |
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Posted: 4/17/2017 3:50:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Check your bore diameter. Possibly use soda or food cans filled with concrete for projectiles. Real iron round balls will cost $$$$. A 1 pound cannon ball mould is pretty close for a golf ball-bored cannon (1.67"), but that's obviously way oversized. Perhaps there's a mould for an appropriate size in deep-sea fishing weights. OTOH, there's always cannister or grape shot... |
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Posted: 4/18/2017 1:39:31 AM EDT
[#11]
Beautiful!! Please shoot it and provide us poor drooling black powder poor boys some satisfaction.
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Posted: 5/15/2017 9:06:26 AM EDT
[#12]
Good restoration and rebuild.
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Posted: 5/15/2017 10:01:27 AM EDT
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I don't have plans to fire this one. It's just for display.
I do have a smaller cannon I like to fire. Video attached. cannon |
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