Repro Coehorn Mortar

[RCS58]

Awhile back I had seen a repro coehorn mortar with a raised GR in a store window. Does anyone know more about these?

 

[MAPMFF]

 

[MAPMFF]

Like those above, full scale? Or are you talking more miniatures?

 

[JeffG]

If it was authentic, it may have been a Lapan Foundry bronze Mortar, they have been out of business for more than a decade.

 

[RCS58]

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Wow! Those are super.

 

[RCS58]

Like those above, full scale? Or are you talking more miniatures?

What's the story on these?

 

[RCS58]

If it was authentic, it may have been a Lapan Foundry bronze Mortar, they have been out of business for more than a decade.

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So these are authentic reproductions? This looks like what I had seen. Do these ever come available?

 

[JeffG]

So these are authentic reproductions? This looks like what I had seen. Do these ever come available?

As I remember, they were pool ball bore, they are pretty highly prized, and rare.

 

[Poguetx]

Here's mine in action one 4th of July. It's the same one Dixie Gun Works still sells. I found that racquet balls fit perfectly, tennis balls a bit too big. I made an insert so the powder charge is the amount of a 35mm film canister (which I use to form the foil), so probably about 125gr.

 

[MAPMFF]

So these are authentic reproductions? This looks like what I had seen. Do these ever come available?

As authentic as they get as made by LaPan. There are some more historically correct ones out there, but these are/were pretty common. They are not pool ball, but full 4.5" chambered bore pieces. I think they just turn up in secondhand spots, probably infrequently. I don't know how many they made but at least 35 as I own #'s 34 & 35.

 

[MAPMFF]

Can see a little bit more about these two in particular on this thread here.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/coehorn-mortar.169556/