caryc
Hawkeye
I was watching "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly today and got this picture when Clint was firing that cannon at Tuco. I've never seen a hexagon bore on a cannon before. Were their lots of them and the big question, why?
Hexagon Bore ?
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NikA
Hunter
Whitworth rifle. Apparently applied the hex bore principle in a limited extent to field artillery as well as the sharpshooter's rifles and naval artillery.
It's basically an early approach to rifling.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-pounder_Whitworth_rifle
It's basically an early approach to rifling.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-pounder_Whitworth_rifle
bobski
Hunter
why?
for distance.
for distance.
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caryc
Hawkeye
NikA said:
Thanks for the link. It makes a little more sense to me now that I know it was a breech loader.
Wasn't a breech loader.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPC4rIZX5qI&ab_channel=ChristianBates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPC4rIZX5qI&ab_channel=ChristianBates
RSIno1
Hunter
That Glock calls Polygonal today.NikA said:
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caryc
Hawkeye
Ale-8(1) said:
Did you read the Wiki link that was posted? It said that it could be modified to be a muzzle loader. OK, tell me this. what was the projectile for a muzzle loader model. Was it a round ball? Was it made smaller for the muzzle loader so it could be pushed into the hexagonal muzzle? Are you just going by the link that I posted since you posted the same link again?
Maybe they used a sledge hammer to get the projectile into it. :roll:
NikA
Hunter
caryc said:
I watched his clip and I'm relatively certain if paused at the right spot one can see portions of the breech mechanism as well as the rear sight. I didn't see Clint load anything, just holding a prop bore brush. FWIW, the article mentions OJW by name as having used a reproduction of one of these on set.
