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Terry Jack

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Say this in Gun Broker recently. Seriously considered it by the other half not to hot on the idea.

It was built to exact specs from original blue prints. Barrel blued.
 

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I like it. If I was to get a cannon tomorrow it would be a mountain howitzer. Now with me the battle would be a 4.62 bore and chamber or just go with a 3.62 bore. Who was the maker?
 
I like it. If I was to get a cannon tomorrow it would be a mountain howitzer. Now with me the battle would be a 4.62 bore and chamber or just go with a 3.62 bore. Who was the maker?
I do not know that builders name. It was hand built from original blue prints and all parts were hand made by a blacksmith as were most originals.
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Beautiful work! The mountain howitzer is a very user friendly gun, easy to care for and feed; I had a full size barrel turned by a machinist friend, my cost was approx. $700 and providing the steel , (1040) which I picked up in Tulsa OK; IIRC it ran about $225, so for less than $1000 I had a turned, bored (2 3/4") barrel without trunnions. Got the steel for trunions for $40 and my friend turned them for something I traded (I had also bought a spade bit to bore the gun with, which I donated). I really liked it but family obligations forced me to sell the finished barrel unfired, years ago. I would like to build a 1/2-3/4 scale gun, but being disabled my finances are very tight.Perhaps I can find a barrel to trade for? The OP's gun is a very well made 'Prairie Carriage' with great woodwork, and I'd consider it worth quite a bit. A friend bought a well used MH on an Eagle carriage with a Factory cast and lined barrel for $2500 a few years ago, and is very pleased with it. It has a 2 1/2" bore. I would imagine a new complete gun like that shown would be worth in excess of $10-15 K. George.
 
Beautiful work! The mountain howitzer is a very user friendly gun, easy to care for and feed; I had a full size barrel turned by a machinist friend, my cost was approx. $700 and providing the steel , (1040) which I picked up in Tulsa OK; IIRC it ran about $225, so for less than $1000 I had a turned, bored (2 3/4") barrel without trunnions. Got the steel for trunions for $40 and my friend turned them for something I traded (I had also bought a spade bit to bore the gun with, which I donated). I really liked it but family obligations forced me to sell the finished barrel unfired, years ago. I would like to build a 1/2-3/4 scale gun, but being disabled my finances are very tight.Perhaps I can find a barrel to trade for? The OP's gun is a very well made 'Prairie Carriage' with great woodwork, and I'd consider it worth quite a bit. A friend bought a well used MH on an Eagle carriage with a Factory cast and lined barrel for $2500 a few years ago, and is very pleased with it. It has a 2 1/2" bore. I would imagine a new complete gun like that shown would be worth in excess of $10-15 K. George.

This gun sold for $,7,000.00. I am still kicking myself or not having bought it!!!!!!
 
Beautiful work! The mountain howitzer is a very user friendly gun, easy to care for and feed;
When I was doing ACW, Dement's Battery, Maryland Light Artillery, Army of Northern VA, CSA, we had two Mountain Rifles, and one Mountain Howitzer. The rules at the reenactments were if you had a full scale gun, you got a full ration of powder. Although small guns, ours were 1:1 scale. So we got the same powder ration as the fellow with the 6 lb. Napoleon, but ours took a lot less powder to make a lot louder boom. ;)

LD
 
When I was doing ACW, Dement's Battery, Maryland Light Artillery, Army of Northern VA, CSA, we had two Mountain Rifles, and one Mountain Howitzer. The rules at the reenactments were if you had a full scale gun, you got a full ration of powder. Although small guns, ours were 1:1 scale. So we got the same powder ration as the fellow with the 6 lb. Napoleon, but ours took a lot less powder to make a lot louder boom. ;)

LD
Dave, we did the same in the 1st Arkansas Light Artillery, receiving powder rations at Yale and Talequah Ok... Dang, I believe I still have a couple of pounds of 2FA for my 2 3/4" bore Selma Arsenal coehorn mortar. A friend with a 2 1/2" bore mountain howitzer received the same ration, IIRC. By the way the folks at Talaquah welcomed us and let us use their pow -wow grounds for the reenactment of the battle. The Cherokee Chief John Ross had his house burned down. I believe Confederate general Stand Watie's troops did the honors. Dave what bore and size were your Mountain Rifles? Were they the small portable guns of about 2" size? Thanks, George.
 
Yes the Mountain Rifles were small, which was the joke, because the guys with the bigger guns all thought that ours were half-sized. We made as much noise as they did from the smaller bores, but more shots since we used less powder :thumb:

LD
 
Regret not all was hand made.The chains are Machine made and electrically welded. From the look more than likely Chinese,but a great job on the rest of it..Prior to the late 1800's t chain was hand made and the links were hand forged and hammer welded. Been in chains since 1756 and still have some original tools. Used to fire a 2.5" calibre Mountain battery at corporate days to see if the earth moved for the lady given the Linstock.
OLD DOG.
 
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