I am impressed by all the hand work he put into it. Apologies if the link has been posted before.
https://theliberalgunclub.com/making-a-14th-century-hand-gonne/
https://theliberalgunclub.com/making-a-14th-century-hand-gonne/
This guy really, really wanted a hand gonne
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I had thought seriously about making one myself. But I wound up getting a decent deal and bought one at the time.
That was an impressive amount of work to make one. It turned out well too. I would have threaded the breechplug though. But otherwise it has that handmade approach that was actually used with it.
That was an impressive amount of work to make one. It turned out well too. I would have threaded the breechplug though. But otherwise it has that handmade approach that was actually used with it.
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Wow! That's a lot of work for sure. I don't have a real problem with the pinned breech but I would have used more or larger ones.
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That is pretty neat and really took a good deal of time and hand work - he has every right to be proud! I enjoyed seeing the pinned breech plug - looked like a fairly permanent attachment with the countersunk riveted steel pins (and the epoxied linstock behind the breech). I might have also run some solder around the plug just to minimize gas blow back etc. Thanks for posting the linked article!
Here is a very simple hand cannon I made.....just to make it....like I say simple but with the "s curve'' to make firing easier.
Now that is pretty doggone slick. Nice work!
