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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 150016, member: 54&quot;]We were shown this cast-iron cannon, Royal Navy-issue ca. 1790, in a truck bed.&nbsp; Any feet in the photos are not mine, btw.&nbsp; Cannon is a Blomefield-pattern 4-pounder.&nbsp; Length 6.5 ft, estimated wt 1300 lbs, bore about 3.25 in.&nbsp; We can get it for what we consider full retail price so we&#039;d be getting it for our business&#039;s reference collection, not to sell since there&#039;s &quot;no fun left in it&quot; as we vendors say about things priced at the top of the market.&nbsp; This is the only cannon of that type and caliber I&#039;ve ever seen so it would be a nice addition from that aspect.&nbsp; My concern has to do with the condition of the cast iron at and near the surface of the piece-it doesn&#039;t look stable to me.&nbsp; It needs work in that we&#039;d want to strip it down to bare iron, then repaint it black, but we don&#039;t know how much of the surface is unstable, and how thick the layer of scale (rust) is, and whether if, when that is removed, the cannon will still look good enough to justify the investment.&nbsp; Also, if the iron has salt or certain other contaminants in it, we&#039;d need to do a lot of desalinazition, electrolysis, etc. consuming time, space, funds, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/image95-e1464699374558.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>More pix to come[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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