Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Breech loading chamber for a cannon 16th century

Marcus den toom · 5th December 2013, 08:10 PM

Dudley Pope's Guns has a picture on page 34 with the cannonbal inside the breechblock.
Complete (beeing a powder load plus ball) breechplugs would be more efficient.
Both methods would most likely work fine.

5th December 2013, 08:10 PM	#13
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 535	Dudley Pope's Guns has a picture on page 34 with the cannonbal inside the breechblock. Complete (beeing a powder load plus ball) breechplugs would be more efficient. Both methods would most likely work fine.