brownjm74
Veteran
Midshipman
Posts:24
 | | 08 May 2009 12:39 PM | | I am currently working on installing triple stern guns in my Des Moines. It is very unclear how to mount the cannons in the boat. So I am looking for any tips or photos of how you guys have mounted your cannons so I can create a game plan to installing mine. Thanks Jeremy | | | |
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Phill Lowe
Ensign
Posts:189
| | 08 May 2009 12:45 PM | | Particulatly with multiple guns, my preference is to build an assembly that holds two or three 1/2 inch long brass tubes. The tubes are ons size above the barrels so that not only are the guns held but the barrels are held in a fixed relationship to each other. The assemble can be mounted in a fixed position or can be mounted so that it can be adjusted, say for range. | | | WCC Minister of Misinformation. | |
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Bob
Commander
Posts:601
| | 08 May 2009 04:50 PM | | Check out these sites:
http://www.portpolarbear.com/reports/Inside%20the%20DKM%20Scharnhorst.htm
http://www.portpolarbear.com/reports/Inside%20the%20HMS%20Warspite.htm
http://www.portpolarbear.com/reports/Inside%20the%20IJN%20Nagato.htm
http://www.portpolarbear.com/reports/Inside%20the%20USS%20Washington.htm | | | |
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brownjm74
Veteran
Midshipman
Posts:24
| | 08 May 2009 09:04 PM | | Thanks for the tips guys!!! I just finished it and here are a few pictures. I did change a few things, one I turned the tubes that lead from the 90 to the "T" 180 degrees. The yellow cap is for plugging a 2" PVC line for a new construction pressure test. The Al bar, is one I milled down and drilled three holes that house brass sleeves and hold the copper tube tight but not to tight. The black rubber hose is gas line from the local hardware store. Jeremy .JPG)
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djranier
Rear Admiral (RDML)
Posts:1447
| | 09 May 2009 01:59 PM | | Bend the end of the magazines up closer to the deck. That way the BB's roll down hill into the T of the gun. The mags bend quite easily. The way you have them now, they may have a feed issue. | | | Its better to give than to receive.
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A77l
Midshipman
Posts:39
| | 05 Jun 2009 09:46 PM | | why are there 223 shells? | | | |
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Nick
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Rear Admiral (RDML)
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Greg McFadden
Rear Admiral (RDML)
Posts:1416
| | 06 Jun 2009 01:12 AM | | or more important... why is one (possibly both) a blank?  (either that or it is really getting mangled durring ejection) | | | |
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crzyhawk
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2130
| | 09 Jun 2009 10:00 AM | | Those looked like the blanks we fired through our M-16's during FTX while I was in the Army. Re-enactors use blanks for what they do, so that would be my best guess. | | | HMS Invincible
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Knight4hire
Captain
Posts:885
| | 11 Jun 2009 01:27 PM | | Those do not look like 223, or 762's, I would guess that they are 30-06 blanks. | | | I am from the Government, and I am here to help.
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brownjm74
Veteran
Midshipman
Posts:24
| | 17 Jun 2009 09:27 AM | | Yes, I did use blanks to support the guns for the photo. And they are .50cal blanks! | | | |
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Knight4hire
Captain
Posts:885
| | 18 Jun 2009 04:16 PM | | They don't look big enough to be .50's! But then I need new glasses.....
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bb26
Rear Admiral (RDML)
Posts:1641
| | 22 Jun 2009 09:29 PM | | I would have thought a .50 blank would have been larger | | | Just when you think you know the answers, I change the questions. | |
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Chris Easterbrook
Rear Admiral (RDML)
Posts:1391
| | 23 Jun 2009 04:51 AM | | They look too small to be 50 cal rounds. My first guess would have 7.62 but the pic could be distorting the size. | | | That which does not kill me, makes me stronger. | |
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Knight4hire
Captain
Posts:885
| | 24 Jun 2009 08:17 AM | | In my humble opion, the neck of the jacket does not look small enough for a 7.62 round.
I know that I had some 50 cal cartridges laying around, But I think that someone disposed of them behind my back.
If I am ever able to get to that far corner of the basement, I will have to check to see if they are still around. | | | I am from the Government, and I am here to help.
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webwookie
Lieutenant
Posts:377
| | 24 Jun 2009 07:05 PM | | The proportions, as captured in the photograph, of the necked-down section of the casing versus the diameter of the primer look quite consistent with .50 BMG rounds. However, based upon the photograph alone, they could almost pass for mutilated Russian 12.7 x108 DShK casings. If you think .50 cartridges are something, wait until you see a couple of spent 30mm Oerlikon shells... | | | FNS Mogador (1/144): laid down
Russian Destroyer Kapitan Belli (1/144): laid down
USS Gearing, DD-710 (1/144): stricken
USS Chevalier, DD-805 (1/144): approved
V-108 (1/96): under consideration
Z-25 (1/144): fitting out underway | |
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