Fox Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 At last week's SWPF Bonaventure revealed our new swivel gun - it's only taken us 6 or 7 years to get round to mounting it... The screws on the bracket enable us to move the gun from one vessel to another, and it can even be mounted in the bow of my boat... mmm, gunboat... The barrel is actually a copy of an Austrian 17thC 1lb wall piece, but it's almost identical to a handful of the small guns recovered from the Mary Rose. BANG! (mounted near the bow of the Garlandstone, Morwellham Quay). Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Brand Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 I have a large yard and some neighbors I could do without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Thighbiter Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 aye, swivel guns be the darling o'the gunners mate. BTW, if yer firing that piece ye might want to check in with http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/fo...9aa0d2078199b65 its a very good blackpowder cannon and mortar board. Cannon - is there anything they cant do! Pirate music at it's best, from 1650 onwards The Brigands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 At last week's SWPF Bonaventure revealed our new swivel gun - it's only taken us 6 or 7 years to get round to mounting it... Very Nice! :) Hector "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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