The Vermont Ren Faire with Gonnes ablazing

There is to be 13th century gonne demonstrations at The Vermont Renaissance Festival.

Click Here to go to The Vermont Renaissance Festival website.

Six weekends of medieval fun, June 25-26, July 2-3, 9-10 and 16-17.

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This is a picture of the heavy gonne we will be demonstrating at the Vermont faire. It is called the beast and is a 1 pounder handgonne.

Aptly named. This Machine is a replica of one of the largest Handgonnes fielded. The tube is named "L' Mort Drakoni". This 1 pounder goes to show that the term Handgonne referred only to it being Man-Portable. The Tube itself weights over 100 pounds. The Bore is Dual chambered with a smaller diameter Powder Chamber. It requires a crew of at least Two to operate. These are made on a single unit basis. This is not a beginners Gonne and must be fired only from a fork and base. A blank charge from this Gonne is Earth Shaking and has a tremendous Smoke Plume.