GunnyGene
Hawkeye
I know what these are. Do you? :mrgreen:
What is it?
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graygun
Hunter
ladles ?
BearBio
Buckeye
molds for fishing weights?
Coop
Blackhawk
Turning boy calves into steers?
Steering wheel for bulls.
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
None of y'all are even close. This is a gun forum, right? :wink: :lol: That's a hint, btw. 
graygun
Hunter
very crude hearing protection
DA_TriggR4Ruger
Hunter
Black powder ball molds?
Open one up.
Doesn't appear to be copper for a pendulum.
Doesn't appear to be copper for a pendulum.
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Dan in MI said:
Since it seems y'all are well & truly stumped, ok.
A ball maker for politicians? :mrgreen:
pruger45
Blackhawk
A lead hardness tester?
powder smoke
Hawkeye
Swinging targets. ps
Coop
Blackhawk
Early model Chronograph. Pendulum displacement used to measure bullet velocity?
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Here's another hint: Old Ironsides.
Ballplayer
Bearcat
Kinda a cannon ball chained together...can't remember what it's called right now, they swing around after being fired causing massive damage....used alot in the Civil War.
I had to cheat and came back to the answers.
here's the various definitions
Chain-shot – Two iron balls joined together with a chain. This type of shot was particularly effective against rigging, boarding netting, and sails, since the balls and chain would whirl like bolas when fired.
Bar shot – Two balls or hemispheres joined by a solid bar. Their effect was similar to chain shot.
Expanding bar shot – Bar shot connected by a telescoping bar which extended upon firing.
Link shot – A series of long chain links which unfolded and extended upon firing.
here's the various definitions
Chain-shot – Two iron balls joined together with a chain. This type of shot was particularly effective against rigging, boarding netting, and sails, since the balls and chain would whirl like bolas when fired.
Bar shot – Two balls or hemispheres joined by a solid bar. Their effect was similar to chain shot.
Expanding bar shot – Bar shot connected by a telescoping bar which extended upon firing.
Link shot – A series of long chain links which unfolded and extended upon firing.
Ballplayer
Bearcat
It just came to me but not sure, I think they're called buck & ball.
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Ballplayer said:
Bingo!! You & Dixie boy win the brownie points!! Congratulations! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
These are called bar shot. There were several different designs in use even in the early 1700's. This particular one in the pic is a reproduction by my Texas buddy Zulu. It's a 3" diameter lead ball (total weight just over 10lbs including the bars) for a 10 pounder naval cannon, and is about 30" long when opened up. They were also made for larger deck cannon up to about 24 pounders. These type rounds were used primarily to target sails and rigging on opposing vessels, although they would also be effective as anti-personel or light fortifications on land. Pretty short range tho and not terribly accurate.
Here's the first one, extended.
Here's a couple other designs he's reproducing to go with the cannons he makes:
and a chain shot:
powder smoke
Hawkeye
Devastating for sure good one gunny. ps
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
powder smoke said:
One of my ancestors would have been very familiar with these. Good old Capt. Zach was a merchant man that was inclined to running British blockades and dealing with pirates back in the day.
Apparently I inherited some of his DNA, which would account for my attitude on certain subjects. :wink: https://archive.org/details/autobiocaptzach00lamsrich
graygun
Hunter
Took balls to invent those!
I knew the answer when I saw it but I just saw the post. Only reason I knew is that I love the history of weapons and ammo. This stuff could give you nightmares if you were on a sailing vessel then. Can you imagine the carnage on the wooden decks of these ships. Even if it didn't kill you death would come soon due to gangrene/infections. Arghhh. Granted it was designed to destroy rigging and sails but it was also used to clear the decks of the enemy.
Semper Fi:
Karl
Semper Fi:
Karl
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
Are they possible a type of round for a cannon designed to whirl around as it passes through rigging or people; Kind of like Chain Shot?
volshooter
Buckeye
Ain't been around neither but I did know what it was. I have a friend who builds cannons as his primary job, his interest is civil war era reproductions.
Today's weapons are soft/humane measured against those from earlier times.
Today's weapons are soft/humane measured against those from earlier times.
Cannon ball mold
lipofsky
Single-Sixer
Cannon Fuse snuffer
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Colonialgirl said:
They were fired from a smooth bore cannon so no spin was imparted by the barrel, but simple aerodynamics would cause some tumbling, etc. in flight. Try to picture one of these coming your way at around 400fps. :shock:
To give some numbers we're all familiar with; 10lbs(70,000grains) at 400fps= 24,865ftlbs of energy.
GunnyGene said:
Gunny, they were also fired from rifled canons later on. Mostly smaller bore but the effect was horrible. Remember the grape gun? They used a smaller version of this. Two balls attached and fired straight down the rifled bore. The rifling imparted a devastating shot. We are some very ingenious but horrible folks.
Semper Fi:
Karl
