Rusty Barrels

I've been away for a while or I've never saw this post. Is there any of the original pins left and how can I get one?

Looking for a gun bucket or period correct holster for my Queen Ann pistol to attach to my left handed baldric I use a sword with my left but I shoot with my right,Is there such a thing? I thought about fabricating a clip on the gun but I don't know if I have the skill or the patience.

Another happy shipmate, Flintlocks 101 is now a permanent part of my reference library.

Thanks Cascabel

I highly recommend Damian Siekonic's book on Building 18th Century Naval Artillery. It is available thru Privateer Media,LLC, I can't remember the price but I do think it was very good. I sure wish I had that book on my first build, it would have saved me alot of time on design and money.

I'm quite happy with mine from Cannon mikes,he does have a website. Mine is a 1 1/4 bore with a socket for a aiming handle, he has other styles too, it is a lathe turned gun made of 4140 steel, the yoke is not period correct but thats o.k. with me cause least it came with one. Alot of pirates in the northwest use his products. I paid $870 for mine.

Oh and by the way, The vent came drilled

With a 1 and 7/8" bore you can fire golf balls can't ya. Very nice work on carriage, the gun look pretty good without the ring too.

Rusty Barrels Still sailing these waters.

I'd say you got some very good advice from the the rest of the lot. I too have a hern 2/3 scale six pounder on a naval carriage. I've had it for over a year now and still haven't fired it but when I do I'm going to start what is termed ridiculously low. 800 grs. cannon grade as a blank load and 500grs with a 2 1/2 lbs. lead balls. I'm hoping Harbormaster is still around to show me the ropes and to keep me from blowing myself up. He knows of a place where I can shoot. Besides I've got alot of respect for his knowledge on cannons big and small.

Those are nice. How long does the ten inch one burn with full tank. I wonder if they would hang under the boom without burning me sails at night, I don't trust me anchor light anymore.

Mine did explode because I had commercial grade charcoal that you get from chemistry hobbie stores when I was a lad. It destroyed my entire lab set and made a mess of my quarters, but that didn't hurt near as much as the switchin I got.

I like me Gurkees (size 12) Have worn them all day, its about the same as a flip flop.

Geez Harbormaster, What are you doing there?

That disclaimer is to protect them from dumb people who don't take the time to learn the dos and don'ts of cannons, you'll find most of the cannon manufactures have that clause. I have the Hern 2/3 scale 6 pounder that I have never fired only because I can't find a place to do so and it is heavy. I wish now I had bought their english swivel gun because it is a lot less weight.

If we are going to stop global warming, then we have to have zero population growth on a global scale , and that my friends is not gonna happen.

Wow, that is a fine sailing rig mate. Can that be trailered?

Put my real name in and it said Died like a man from too much ravishing. Yeah I can live with that.

I built a 2/3 scale 0f a 6 pounder based on Southbend Replica's catalog drawing, they also use that design on the Lady Washington.

Thats why I asked, she was about the same size and configuration as the Royalist. From what I can remember and that was a long time ago is she had bright colored trim and railings much like the Lady Washington.

I know this might be alittle off topic but was the Royalist ever in puget sound area in the early 80s. I'm still wondering what ship I saw anchored on the west side of Blake island one time when I was out fishing

You know Hurricane I thought you looked familar. In the early 80's I thought of joining them but didn't know if I could handle the drinking ( even tho I liked trying ). Then in the 90's it got too politically correct so I just figured I'd always be a lone seawolf. Oh by the way, I went to West Seattle ( spent most of my life there on Alki )a little while back and thought about having drink at the BenBow Inn ( remember that ?) and found it was gone. I alway did liked the bar fashioned after an inside of a tall ship. I guess I'll have to start going to Port Ludlow to the bar there if I want to enjoy a boat drink in tall ship setting. Didn't know about the other stuff you were involved with, did know about the lawsuit but just forgot about it. Thanks for refreshing the memories.

Thats pretty cool, I saw a sailing ship that had the same concept with a cockpit but it looked like it seen better days.

Stuff like this doesn't suprise me anymore. Your steak knives are next.

I live just south of Seattle, Bremerton fared o.k. despite the 10 inches of rain! Coos Bay was hit with mostly high winds which knock out power for everyone (alot of downed trees) gonna take awhile to restore it.

I'm glad to hear it Harbormaster, for awhile I was getting worried about ya because you were not responding, but being in the the business your in I guess I should have known you would be awful busy. My jaw keeps going slack when I see the news.

Yeah in 1996 it was shut down for a couple of hours, but this time the water is up to the overpasses and they don't expect it to reopen for five days. I imagine the winds in Florida are pretty impressive compared to ours but they don't have two hundred foot trees coming down either. I'm not slaming anyone but each area is unique in disasters. I just hope Harbormaster faired o.k.

Thought of you after hearing about all the flooding down in your neck of the woods, or is it a new inland sea! I never heard of I-5 being shut down because of flooding from the river before! Hope all is well.