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    Bronze Gonne

    Some Dudes head . According to long held belief that Dude is Jesus ! The gun is covered with script ,long thought to be the Ava Marina Catholic prayer . A freind has reinterpeted the script and says it has nothing to with the Catholic prayer. For more on his theory look up Morko Cold Case...
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    Bronze Gonne

    Oh yea .62 RB with about 40 grs 2f .
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    Bronze Gonne

    HI here is mine. http://s600.photobucket.com/user/rocklockI/media/1_zpsee73b69e.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7 This the curator of the Military Museum in Stockholm Sweden , she is holding the original next to one of my Morko repo...
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    Handgonne caliber?

    The Morko gonne in the Swedish Milatary Museum is .69 cal. I made some cast bronze Morkos , with a .62 cal for safety reasons . When it comes to ...proper cal. ... I can garrentee eveything from .50 to 1.00 was used Years later flintlocks were usually sold with a mold included ,often .43 or...
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    Morko Lodbossa The Final Solution

    Hello Alden you must be someone I know . Gary
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    Antique Signal Cannon Identification

    Dolphins were not supposed to be sights. They were for lifting the gun. Your dolphins don't look cast in to me. Is there some weld or something holding the dolphins on ? If those are cast on somebody sure spent a lot of time and greif to do them incorectly. May be the maker had only seen a...
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    Strength of brass gonne barrels?

    Aldens print is right on here ,same rule differant format 3 to 1 thickness ratio. These gonnes get around that because of the chamber. In that case it only has to be 3 times the chamber dia. not the bore. My 2 cents Gary eta can not spell :grin:
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    Garrison Carriage

    Michael, Sweet work as always. That will set off car alams . Gary
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    Thundermug load question

    The barrel walls are too thin, what if someone in the future DOES shoot a projectile ? with a bunch of smokless powder? JMHO Good Luck Gary
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    thundermugs

    PatrickH ,it did jump off of the ground !And made a nasty sound thru the air ! freakforge ,you are a very young man with everything ahead of you. :bow: Don't say "I'll never do/have this or that" if you do you've already cut out half of your options. I dont mean to sound pretcher like ,but...
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    My South Bend barrel

    I have met Michael and enjoyed a 'few' adult beverages with him. I can say with much certainty that there is only one Zulu. Gary
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    thundermugs

    Here we go , the noise is very strange it just sort of whips the air into submission :grin: No projectile or wadding at all . Yes it sideways ,I dont know why .
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    thundermugs

    Sorry no pics of the pour. I do have some video ,I'll see if I can find them . Yes the little stem is the touch hole. I thinks she's down to @60 lbs still a BEAST Gary
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    handgonne/axe combo

    Yes I too like the combo thing with Axe/gonne , Mace/gonne ,sword/gun . Unfortunatly they usually are neither fish nor fowl, and a compromise all around. Gary
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    thundermugs

    Here is mine. I made her in Aug. of 2011 , "Heaven Shaker" is her name. In this pic I am finishing the wax positive welding the handle on and filling the seams. This is her in bronze and semi finished. And a cold frosty beverage to end the day on a good note ! 80 lbs unfinished I have...
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    handgonne/axe combo

    Here is one of mine. It's a medevil 'pole axe' concept . I will cast one in bronze someday. S/B fun ,it would be about .54 /.62 caliber wise. Sorry it didn't want to post right side up. Gary (RocklockI)
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    2nd Model Prarie Carriage

    Michael ,Hi Always nice to see a friend online. I haven't seen that one. Gary
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    your favorite gonnes

    Morko has fasinated me since I was 12. I finaly decided to make one Here is my Morko In this shot my repo is displayed with THE origanal in Stockholm Sweden. I sent this one to a good friend who taught me to cast online , he lives in Stockholm and set up the meeting at the museum. The...
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    How big does a smoothbore cannon have to be...

    This is a repoduction of a 2.5 pounder . There are many examples just like this in 1/2 lbs,1 Lbs,1 1/2bs and so on. One use for the small guns was on ships of trade this is a VOC gun . The but there were many "Trading companies" to the far east . Pirates were an issue ,so the insurance...
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    My XVII Century Small Field Gun

    Can it it shoot balls ?
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