Cannon Drills!

[capnwilliam]

Here's one from 1800:

http://www.navyandmarine.org/ondeck/1800gundrill.htm

Capt. William

[Longarm]

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.

[Longarm]

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.

[dasNdanger]

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

[capnwilliam]

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