capnwilliam Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Here's one from 1800: http://www.navyandmarine.org/ondeck/1800gundrill.htm Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longarm Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 If you want a good guide for gunners read: The Gunners Instructions written and composed byStephan Barratt, a gunner in His Majesties Service. Or you could ask our own Master Hawkyns to tell you about it after all, if I'm not mistaken, he wrote it. I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning. To me it smells like....PIRACY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longarm Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Oh yea, Cannon Drill 101, or "How Do I Make This Thing Go Bang Without Blowing Myself Up In The Process?" by Kent Aist and Dexter Guptill, is a nice guide to have around. It may not be as indepth as other instructionals and it shouldn't be used to teach oneself about gunnery but it does help explain what the gunners are doing and why if your watching a cannon demo. I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning. To me it smells like....PIRACY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasNdanger Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 These are the ones I've used for reference (some already mentioned): 1800 gundrill Canon Drill 101 Cannons 16th Century Cannon Gunnery 101 (this one has several pages, be sure to check all...) das http://www.ajmeerwald.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Some mighty good stuff there, dasNdanger; thank ye. I'm going to forward same to me own lists. It's interesting to see how terminology changes over time for the same item. What's referred to as a "priming wire" or a "pricker" in some of these drills, we refer to on our 1815 crew as a "vent pick". Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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