Good eye, the barrel at the muzzle is slightly bent, must have been dropped sometime in it's life, easy enough to repair if I wanted to, but I am going to leave it as is, this is a signal cannon, not intended to fire projectiles out of it, it's a smooth bore barrel. From what I was told by a old timer that has restored his share of cannons, these were used on naval ships to announce their arrival in port. I am guessing this one to be late 19th century , probably around 1890's.
How's this for steel and wood?
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I acquired this from a friends estate the other day, I bugged him for it for years before he passed away, I was surprised to hear from his family the other day with a call saying come and get it , it's yours, if you want it. It's a naval salute cannon, I started the restoration process on it yesterday, and spent all day working on it today, I need a firing pin for it, if anyone knows where I can get one or have a set of prints so one can be made I would appreciate any information. Here are some pictures before and some work in progress pictures as well.
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Maybe for Paul BunyanDI5Its got a butt stock. Made to fire without the mount I presume.
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Pappy, you got me interested. And I've got 4 feet of 2" diameter bronze propeller shaft. Salute cannon here I come!
10 ga, because there is less chance of anybody having a projectile ammo around. A 1/4 turn interrupted screw thread like later Howitzers. Bottle shaped barrel like the Dahlgren 9 inch shell gun. Carriage can come later, I'm thinking steel ala WWI ?
That's a hell of a law ornament, I hope you're neighbors like you if you get one..lol
A little update on this project, I received a letter from the company authenticating the cannon and this one was one of the early ones that were made in NY, the company is still looking for some parts that I need and they said they have a bunch of old parts left over from the cannon building days, but they have been under construction for 6 months and can't access the area that all the old parts are stored in. I was in need of a firing pin for this cannon, Naval Co. may have a original for me, we shall see, but in the meantime I had a friend that took on the project to make me one that I can use for now until I find the original.
I have also found a gentleman in Florida that has a CNC shop that reproduces shell casings, I am having him make me up 25 cases that use 209 primers, hopefully will have a good 4th of July this year.
Here is a picture of the firing pin.
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I have also found a gentleman in Florida that has a CNC shop that reproduces shell casings, I am having him make me up 25 cases that use 209 primers, hopefully will have a good 4th of July this year.
Here is a picture of the firing pin.
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Been working on having cases made for it, I just received one for trial before I have a larger batch made, the original case is from a 37mm Hotchkiss round, it was computer scanned and then made on a CNC machine, fit was perfect, primer pocket is for a standard 209 primer, I have loaded up one case but have not test fired yet.
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I found out that aluminum casings are a NO GO at this station! as well as I need sandbags or make a pintle mount for my deck so I can take the gun without the carriage and mount it..
Link to the first firing video https://www.tiktok.com/@terryanna70/video/6827872637230796037
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Link to the first firing video https://www.tiktok.com/@terryanna70/video/6827872637230796037
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