Buck-shot gun

[rsblack]

Hi All,I would like to make this gun but I have no infos about it than this:Bronze barrel 505mm,cal.41,8mm ,Total lenght 900mm,Lock signed "Jacob Oortman Amsterdam ,about 1680-1690.

Please,can you help me?

 

[Grenadier1758]

If I read the information correctly, that 41.8 mm caliber translates into a 1.6" diameter ball that would weigh about a pound. That would take some thought before I put that cannon to my shoulder.

The Rifle Shoppe has parts for a blunderbus that will come close with about a 1" bore.

 

[Many Klatch]

If I had to guess, I'd say that it was a line throwing gun for shooting a weighted ball and line from ship to shore or ship to ship. The bore is too small to be a grenade. The bronze barrel would indicate that it was intended for use near the ocean.

Check out Lisle line throwing cannons.

Many Klatch

 

[Stophel]

My vote is for line gun. I think perhaps "buck-shot" is a bad translation from Russian..... (there had to be someone else that has that book! :winking: )

A normal type blunderbuss of this style could be easily made, though. Other than the barrel, the gun is quite conventional.

 

[rsblack]

You have a true,this pic is from "Antique European and American firearms at the Hermitage Museum by L.Tarassuk.I was in Sankt Peterburg last year but I did not see it there in Hermitage.

 

[Stophel]

I wonder if it's a signal or flare gun.... :hmm:

I've never figured out who came up with the wierdo stock on the gun that's just beneath this one in the picture... :youcrazy:

 

[rsblack]

I hoped ,here is somebody who has more pics and more infos

 

[rsblack]

In this link is a gun like in my pic(from 3,20min) :v
[url] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TnCKB8PuiM&NR=1[/url]