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| Posted: Fri Mar 14th, 2008 06:18 pm |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14th, 2008 06:19 pm |
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Dixie Girl
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it is a blast.
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War Means Fighting And Fighting Means Killing - N. B. Forrest
When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Stonewall Jackson
Sic Semper Tyrannis - John Wilkes Booth
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14th, 2008 06:27 pm |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14th, 2008 07:10 pm |
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Rebel Yell
Belle,Bourbon,Battlefields
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Good shooting!!! Glad I wasn't at the receiving end of that shot!!!
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14th, 2008 07:20 pm |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14th, 2008 10:49 pm |
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Gunner
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The sound of that gun going off is sweet music to my ears!
Gunner.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15th, 2008 12:09 am |
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Johan Steele
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Now if you boys can hit a fence post at 1000 yards... you're drafted.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15th, 2008 01:00 am |
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Crazy Delawares
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I do infantry re-enactment. I've been next to the arty. at G-burg. Just being next to those things when they go off is an AWESOME feeling! Your guts shake and rattle! It must be one heck of a thrill to actually shoot one of them!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15th, 2008 01:36 am |
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Gunner
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In the audio I believe I hear the word"concrete"? What kind of shot was being used if i may ask? This is a good video but the sound keeps breaking up except for that fine "CRACK" as the gun is fired. Not a"BOOM" as some may use to describe it.(unless you are some distance away)
More please....
Gunner.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15th, 2008 05:04 pm |
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younglobo
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man that was cool wish you all would of been in uniform is my only comment other than cool.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15th, 2008 07:24 pm |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15th, 2008 10:23 pm |
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connyankee
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Awesome blast. Where I live, they have "noise laws." You can fire a cannon and it can be answered once, then you have to wait at least two minutes before another can be fired. Down in Virginia, they don't have these wonderful laws. At the Chancellorsville Reenactment at Fort Pickett a few years ago, they cut loose with about a dozen at once - the ground shook and leaves were shaken from the September trees thereabouts. Also saw some night firing - flames belching out about 25 feet.
I love you artillery fellas and I'm glad you all still have your thumbs. I was wondering if this particular shot was from an event like the NSSA or was it somebody's back yard.
Respectfully,
connyankee
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17th, 2008 04:05 pm |
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Albert Sailhorst
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Sorry for the delay in responding....was off Sat & Sun and don't have internet at home!
It was fired about a mile from my house (I live in the country). There were some hunters off in the distance that didn't know we were there....I can imagine what they thought when the gun went off!
We were firing tennis balls filled with concrete. At one point, we fired home-made canister from a soup can.
If memory serves, we were about 100 yards away.
If you're part of a gun crew, you really don't feel and shaking or rattling when it goes off. However, if you're in line with other guns, they'll really make ya shake, rattle and roll! That's why a cannoneer watches the front of his gun....when he hears the command "Fire!" he waits to see his gun blast before he steps forward to start the loading process. If he hears Fire and the gun remains silent, then we go to a "Primers Failed" safety proceedure; that way, no one steps in front of the gun in case it's fire is delayed (by bad, slow burning powder, etc....).
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18th, 2008 12:20 pm |
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connyankee
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I needed that - thanks, Albert! A while back, I attended a reenactment at Rochester, Massachusetts. There was an artillery outfit there from Maine who brought with them a big Ames gun. The captain of the unit explained to us spectators that the gun was authentic and actually too big to be used as a field piece and was more suited for seige operations. Nonetheless, it was quite impressive and he said it always drew a cheer from Johnnies across the way because they could feel the "pressure" from the damn thing every time it was fired. Wish I could remember more details but I don't.
Also, one other time I saw a coehorn mortar fired. Frightful thing! I think it was a 12-pounder, mounted on a block. All I remember is that it was a demo, away from the main event and it set off all of the security alarms on cars parked in the vicinity. It was serviced by a three-man crew along with a safety guy. Ever fire one of those beasts?
connyankee 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18th, 2008 12:48 pm |
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Albert Sailhorst
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I've fired a small Cohorn (don't remember what size). Our Lt. has one and brought it out to a small event we did. We loaded it with a rifle charge, put a small piece of this cardboard over the powder, and put in a water balloon. We'd fire her off, and that baloon would arc across the field! We sent a couple of guys out to try to catch it, but then our "shots" would fall short. So, we added a bit more powder and fired away. Well, we obviously over-shot, and the baloon headed for a busy street and, thankfully, fell short of a parked car!! After that, w didn't shoot it anymore!!
When I lived in TN, I went to the reenactment of the Battle of Britton Lane (in Denmark, TN). Some Yanks had a brass breech loader down range from me. Everytime that thing went of, the percussion hit me in the chest! WOW!! What a loud gun!!
I know a unit of Yanks with a 20 lb Parrot. I've personally never heard it fired, but my pards have. They tell me it thunders!!
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