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Brooks USA Brass Black Powder Napoleon Firing Cannon Barrel on a Custom Built Replica No. 2 Field Carriage
Guns International #: 100708986 Seller's Inventory #: #2
Category: Cannons - Antique and Replica -
Seller's Information
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Seller: Zulu
Member Since: 6/2/16
First Name: Michael
Last Name: Elledge
State: Texas
Zip: 77429
Country: United States
Phone: (713) 249-6020
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 2
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Call or email me for shipping costs to your location. Buyer will pay packaging and shipping costs.
Payment Types Accepted: PayPal (credit card orders will cost buyer 3%), money order, cashiers check, personal check once cleared bank after 1 week.
Description:
I custom built this (1/4 scale) cannon field carriage for a
"FIRING" Brooks USA Napoleon Brass Barrel. The
carriage is made of oak and stained Jacobean that
compliments the wood grain. All metal is hand forged iron
and painted enamel flat black. The smooth bore 20" long brass barrel has a 1.032 bore size that can shoot a 1" ball.
Some History: Years of Manufacture: 1857 to 1863.
The Napoleon Gun Howitzer was the most popular, common,
and deadly field piece of the American Civil War.
Developed under the auspices of Louis Napoleon of France,
it first appeared in the American artillery in 1857. In the
North, the smoothbore Napoleon was officially designated
the "light 12-pounder gun". A Napoleon fired a 12.3 lb
projectile and had a maximum effective range of about
1,600 yards. Union Napoleons had a slight swell at the
muzzle of the 4.62 inch bore. The barrel with its carriage
weighed 2,445 pounds, light enough to be hauled by men
for short distances. The Confederacy produced a great
many Napoleons, the majority out of bronze. Confederate
made pieces were generally tapered and some iron variants
had a band-reinforced breech. Artillerymen favored
bronze Napoleons because their barrels were stronger and
safer than guns made of iron -- thus there was less
chance the gun would burst during firing killing or wounding
the crew. A Napoleon was able to fire all of the four
basic types of ammunition. The solid shot, shell, and case
rounds were all spherical and were used against enemies at
distances greater than 600 yards. For shorter distances
the gun was loaded with canister, which turned it into a
giant shotgun with lethal effects. Firing canister, the
Napoleon probably inflicted more casualties than all other
Civil War era artillery pieces combined.
Barrel weight= 29 lbs. - Carriage weight= 18 lbs. - Total weight= 47 lbs.
Overall dimensions= 40" long with barrel mounted x 15-1/2" tall x 21" wide.
SOLD
Model: Napoleon Cannon Barrel and #2 Field Carriage
Serial Number: #12 barrel and #2 carriage