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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 135450, member: 54"]Well made some more progress and have now ID'd this as a Long 8-Pounder naval gun made in 1808. It must have had trunnions at first, and here's a better view of the underside and where trunnions were. The configuration shown had a purpose, I just don't know what yet. My latest WAG is that since the French often used long 8-pounders as bow and stern chasers, they invented a way to mount two tubes on one carriage to save precious deck space in the ends of small warships. French loved multiple-barrel cannons, I'm sure you've seen their fascinating but heavy 3-barreled field guns from the same period.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Underneath view while still at Ft. Ticonderoga:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image24.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Helping balls to roll out once manipulated free:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image25.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Plunder</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image27.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image23.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Date reads 1808</p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image26.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Drawing of French naval iron long 8-pounder M1786, note that pattern has been changed slightly by 1808 to add a vent mass at the top of the breech (so it isn't shown on this ca. 1786 drawing.) This vent mass is basically a small, raised square platform to mount a flintlock firing mechanism:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/archives-rg156-inventions-b-275-4-french-lng-8-pr1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 135450, member: 54"]Well made some more progress and have now ID'd this as a Long 8-Pounder naval gun made in 1808. It must have had trunnions at first, and here's a better view of the underside and where trunnions were. The configuration shown had a purpose, I just don't know what yet. My latest WAG is that since the French often used long 8-pounders as bow and stern chasers, they invented a way to mount two tubes on one carriage to save precious deck space in the ends of small warships. French loved multiple-barrel cannons, I'm sure you've seen their fascinating but heavy 3-barreled field guns from the same period. Underneath view while still at Ft. Ticonderoga: [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image24.jpeg[/IMG] Helping balls to roll out once manipulated free: [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image25.jpeg[/IMG] Plunder [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image27.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image23.jpeg[/IMG] Date reads 1808 [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image26.jpeg[/IMG] Drawing of French naval iron long 8-pounder M1786, note that pattern has been changed slightly by 1808 to add a vent mass at the top of the breech (so it isn't shown on this ca. 1786 drawing.) This vent mass is basically a small, raised square platform to mount a flintlock firing mechanism: [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/archives-rg156-inventions-b-275-4-french-lng-8-pr1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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