LARGE SCALE MODEL ARTILLERY

REPLICA FULL SCALE GALBRAITH STYLE LYLE GUN. THIS ONE IS 2.25" BORE THAT WILL FIRE A SMALL STEEL CAN FILLED WITH CEMENT TO A MAXIMUM RANGE OF 800 YARDS.

1/6 SCALE DAHLGREN WITH GOLF BALL SIZE BORE. ALL STEEL CARRIAGE WITH BRASS ADJUSTER SCREW.

THIS IS AN ALL STEEL FULL SCALE FIELD CANNON CARRIAGE I BUILT FOR A 6 PDR.NEPALESE BARREL IMPORTED FROM NEPAL IN 2004 BY I.M.A.

THAT'S ME STANDING NEXT TO A FULL SCALE DAHLGREN CARRIAGE I MADE FOR AN ORIGINAL 9 INCH BORE CIVIL WAR DAHLGREN NAVAL BARREL. THE BARREL ALONE WEIGHS 6500 LBS.

These are one of a kind projects that I built in the past when I had a shop with larger equipment. I have since scaled down my operation and no longer can produce any ordinance of the size displayed on this page.

THE ITEMS ON THIS PAGE ARE FOR DISPLAY ONLY AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT BUILDING A MULTI BARREL TYPE CANNON. WHILE IT MAY RESEMBLE A GATLING GUN IN GENERAL APPEARANCE, IT'S A 50 CALIBER MUZZLE LOADER AND IT BASICALLY WORKS LIKE A GIANT PEPPERBOX PISTOL. YOU LOAD ALL 8 BARRELS AND FIRE THEM, THEN REPEAT THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.

HALF SCALE CIVIL WAR STYLE CANNON . ALL METAL CARRIAGE. IT HAS A 2.25" BORE AND THE WHEELS ARE 30" IN DIAMETER.

GOLF BALL BORE DAHLGREN BOAT HOWITZER.
THE REAR WHEEL AND TRAIL HAS A FUNCTIONAL DROP DOWN FEATURE. .

HERE'S A 1/3rd SCALE CANNON THAT FIRES GOLF BALLS AND ONE POUND LEAD BALLS. IT'S THE SAME AS THE HALF SCALE CIVIL WAR CANNON ONLY A BIT SMALLER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST LARGE SCALE CANNONS I MADE. THIS WAS BUILT IN THE WINTER OF 2009-2010. IT'S A HALF SCALE WHITWORTH CANNON. THIS ONE'S A MUZZLELOADER AS THE BREECH IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. IT'S A 2.25" BORE WITH 28" DIAMETER WHEELS AND AN 1880'S STYLE ALL STEEL CARRIAGE.

HERE'S A REPLICA REVOLUTIONARY WAR CANNON I RESTORED. THE BARREL WAS SLEEVED WITH A STEEL LINER FOR SAFETY AND THE CARRIAGE COMPLETELY RESTORED WITH NEW METAL WORK, WHEELS AND IMPLEMENTS .

THIS IS A 3/5 SCALE REPLICA OF THE MODEL 1897 FRENCH 75 I BUILT. THE FRENCH 75 CANNON REVOLUTIONIZED ARTILLERY WARFARE IN THAT IT WAS THE FIRST OF THE RAPID FIRE CANNONS. WITH THE HYDRO PNEUMATIC RECOIL SYSTEM AND THE WHEEL BRAKE AND TRAIL SPADE ASSEMBLY, RECOIL WAS NOW KEPT UNDER CONTROL. THE GUN CREW NO LONGER HAD TO ROLL THE CANNON BACK INTO POSITION AFTER FIRING AND RE-ACQUIRE THE TARGET.

ANOTHER 3/5 SCALE LIKE THE ONE ABOVE THIS IS 2.25" BORE WITH 30" DIAMETER WHEELS AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL RECOIL SYSTEM.

A SMALLER VERSION OF THE ABOVE CANNON, THIS ONE IS A 2/5 SCALE WITH 20" WHEELS AND A GOLF BALL BORE.

THESE ARE A COUPLE OF 1/4 SCALE, 75 CALIBER FRENCH 75's WITH THE UNDER WHEEL CRADLE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE BARRELS ALSO RECOIL ON THESE .

EARLY STYLE [LARGE CARRIAGE] NAVAL CANNON WITH GOLF BALL SIZE BORE. ALL STEEL CARRIAGE.

LATE STYLE [SMALL CARRIAGE] NAVAL CANNON WITH GOLF BALL SIZE BORE. ALL STEEL CARRIAGE.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A STANDARD 50 CALIBER HANDGONNE AND THE 75 CALIBER COMBO AXE/SPEAR HANDGONNE IS ON THE RIGHT.

LEFT TO RIGHT, 75 CALIBER HANDGONNE , GOLF BALL HANDGONNE, 50 CALIBER HANDGONNE.

THE PHOTOS ABOVE ARE OF A REPLICA 16th CENTURY BREECH LOADING SWIVEL CANNON, ALSO KNOWN AS A MUG GUN OR PETERARA. THESE WERE THE RAPID FIRE GUNS OF THEIR DAY. ONE OF THE CREW WOULD BE LOADING THE SEVERAL BREECH MUGS WHILE THE GUNNER WOULD BE FIRING THEM.

HERE'S ANOTHER PETERARA OR MUG GUN. THIS ONE WITH A NON FUNCTIONAL BREECH. THE BORE IS GOLF BALL SIZE. IT WOULD BE LOADED AS WOULD A TYPICAL MUZZLELOADER.

I WANTED TO SEE HOW SMALL I COULD BUILD A MULTI BARREL GUN SO I MADE THIS HOTCHKISS REVOLVING CANNON. THE REAR CRANK HANDLE ROTATES THE BARRELS ONLY, AND A SMALL MALLET IS USED TO TAP FIRE THE PERCUSSION CAP AS EACH BARREL IS BROUGHT TO THE TOP POSITION. THE BORE SIZE IS 25 CALIBER.

MY THIRD ATTEMPT AT A REVOLVING CANNON IS THIS HOTCHKISS NAVAL CANNON ON A DECK SWIVEL MOUNT WITH SHIELD. THIS ONE IS WHERE I FIGURED OUT A SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE FIRING MECHANISM. THE GUN WILL FIRE ONE TIME PER REVOLUTION OF THE CRANK HANDLE. THIS IS ALSO 50 CALIBER LIKE THE FIRST ONE.

This revolving cannon is pattern after the 1880's naval cannons
with a pedestal mount and shield. It is a 75 caliber smoothbore muzzle loader.