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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 3751679, member: 54&quot;]Features that are incorrect for a 1738-dated nonferrous cannon:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Yours has rimbases which didn’t appear on cannons until after about 1830.&nbsp; Rimbases are the collars on the trunnions where they meet the barrel.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Most all nonferrous cannons cast before about 1770 had a pair of dolphins on top at the length center of gravity.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Vent pan on this piece looks to have been formed by cutting with a round-nose end mill.&nbsp; Vent&nbsp; pans on real antiques aren’t this way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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