Model 1841 12 Pounder Field Gun Scale Model

[talvare]

This is the link to the "Artillery for the United States Land Service" at the Library of Congress.

Image 11 of Page view atlas

In 13 parts, each with special t.-p. and separate paging. General t.-p. of atlas undated; special title-pages of the parts dated 1848-49. LC copy 2 of Atlas rehoused in 3 volumes. Replace; LC copy replaced by preservation microfilm LAC tnb 2019-04-08 update (1 card)

www.loc.gov

Ted

 

[Cadillac]

Beautiful job.
When I did Civil War reenactments the bronze 12 pounders burned a lb of FFF .
Cool!

Burning off a lb. of bp must give off a nice report. I use a 12g spent round to meter mine and it’ll get the neighbors looking.

 

[brasssmanget]

Very nice. I love seeing cannons that others have built. Have you shot it ?

Ted

Here are a couple of videos.....

 

[Janderso]

Burning off a lb. of bp must give off a nice report.

Oh yeah. A very impressive boom. Blew us poor old butternut/gray backs away!!

I love things that go BOOM!!

 

[talvare]

Here are a couple of videos.....

Very cool ! Looks very impressive. I noticed that there doesn't seem to be much recoil. Are you firing blank loads ? What material did you make the barrel out of and what caliber is it ?

Ted

 

[brasssmanget]

It's a 1.5" bore - these loads were blanks other than some pyro sparkles added in one. Just a wet HD bun for compression wad.

Barrel is of unknown material - probably hot rolled stock from a salvage job. The cross member for the axle is 4" square steel tubing, so it is pretty heavy - recoil has never been an issue.

 

[brasssmanget]

Oh yeah. A very impressive boom. Blew us poor old butternut/gray backs away!!

I love things that go BOOM!!

I'm afraid to ask - is that literally your hand shown in the pic? Caused by explosion?

 

[Janderso]

I'm afraid to ask - is that literally your hand shown in the pic? Caused by explosion?

Yeah, that's me.
When I was twelve my buddies and I decided to make some rockets for July 4th.
The rocket ended up being a bomb
Not a good day. I did learn a bit more about how not to make rockets

It doesn't bother me except I do struggle with buttons.

 

[ACHiPo]

Well, after working on my scale model, off and on for nearly four years (life just keeps getting in the way), it's finally done. The only thing left to do is shoot it. I built it to 1/6th scale because that worked for the material I had on hand to machine the barrel. It is bored to .58 cal. The muzzle is counter-bored approximately 3/4" deep at the proper scale just so it kind of looks right. There are plenty of details that aren't completely correct, but I think it's a reasonable facsimile. I used the drawings from the "Artillery for the United States Land Service" book from the Library of Congress as my guide.
Attaching a few photos.
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That is magnificent Ted! Nice work.

 

[talvare]

Thanks for the kind words Evan. It was a fun project.

Ted