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All I want for Christmas...

By The Armorer on December 24, 2004 | | Comments (2)

The Armorer would really like one of these for Christmas.

Or, a nice Dalhgren Boat Howitzer:

He'd even settle for one of these Coehorn mortars!

The last would look good on the porch of Castle Argghhh!, the others would add a nice cachet to the courtyard of the bailey.

However, you guys are gonna hafta hit the non-existent tip jar pretty hard before SWWBO's gonna allow it! Or truly overwhelm the Arsenal Store. Heh. The only customer of the Arsenal Store has been the Armorer! Good thing Cafe Press doesn't charge rent - and that I am not the kind of guy marketers rely on...

Of course, that's not really true. I'd settle for a Dominion of Canada-marked Snider and Martini too.

Or a Ferguson rifle. Even a new-made repro. Ah well. Mebbe when the Castle nest empties out and the fledgling is paying taxes!

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By Graumagus on December 24, 2004 11:25 AM
Hmmm my buddy Contagion (The guy who puts up the "Mortar Maiden" pics over at The Spoon and Blade got his Coehorn dirt cheap. Like under $150 (had to build his own chassis for it though).
 
By Sgt Friendly on December 31, 2004 11:50 PM
I saw your cannon pictures and it reminded me of a good time I had a few years ago when an old Marine Corps buddy of mine showed up at the house with a new "toy" he had been working on. He made a breachloading cannon that fired a 1.5 inch lead projectile that he casts using a home-made mould. It had two car shock absorbers mounted to each side of it and the frame was bolted to the bed of his truck I asume for easy transport. He also fired it while mounted in the bed of his truck and the shock absorbers took most of the recoil, but it still shook the truck when he fired it. Anyway, if my memory serves me correctly, it was loaded with 3/4 pound of back powder per shot that was loaded like a regular 198. It was also fired by using a lanyard. The tube had sights that were dead on too. He took out 2 large oak trees on my back 40 and I have never had so much fun getting firewood for the winter. Just curious if anbody out there has ever heard of this thing. I have no idea where he got a lathe large enough to turn the barrel much less rifle the bore. Love your site!