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Archibald wheel hubs from American Hotchkiss Mountain Gun, model M1875.
Guns International #: 101880851 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Cannons - Antique and Replica - Gun Parts - Collectible US Military
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Seller: Silverback97520
Member Since: 3/13/22
First Name: Peter
Last Name: Hoyt
State: Oregon
Zip: 97520
Country: United States
Phone: (541) 941-6085
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 1
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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About Us: I have been restoring 18th and 19th-century artillery and building custom hand-crafted replica gun carriages under the name "The Jefferson Armory" for thirty years.
Description:
This is a pair of cast bronze two-part wheel hubs for an American Hotchkiss Mountain Gun. A Hotchkiss design from the French arms firm, Hotchkiss & Company, it was the first original breech-loading gun in the U.S. Army and replaced the earlier M1841 mountain howitzer. It served with cavalry units during the late American Indian Wars, including the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, and was also used during the 1898 Spanish–American War in Cuba.
This particular set is one from a run of castings that was produced about 20 years ago when I was asked to repair an original gun carriage and build an additional full-scale replica carriage from modern steel to mount the original barrel when firing. They were made from the original nineteenth-century wood pattern from the Archibald Company in Massachusetts. The set includes a pair of solid bronze two-part hubs and the bronze lynchpins to secure them to the axle of the carriage.
These would be perfect for producing an authentic pair of wooden gun-carriage wheels, or for a collector. Some machining would be required to mate the two halves of each hub together, and to ream them to fit on an axle.
Photo 1 shows the complete set of hubs and lynch-pins.
Photo 2 is a detailed shot of one hub.
Photo 3 represents the model M1875 gun (not currently for sale).
SOLD