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Hello fellow Collectors!
I Came across a really strange "cannon". The Seller states that it was used to get screwed into a gate to clear the outside from attackes. I am really sceptical because of never seeing something like it before. Was this really a Thing? Greetings Daniel |
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well that's an interesting article! It could be a sort of firing mechanism like one sees with clock gun mechanisms, gun keys, belt buckle concealed guns, etc. Many weird combinations. I've even seen a large fish hook gun mechanism that fired a ball down the throat of any large hooked fish. Yours reminds me of some gun keys I've seen-
What are the dimensions? |
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The length is about 50cm and weight 10kg
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I wonder if those are "self-tapping threads," where inserting it into a board, etc., would give it a great deal more stability and act like a handle?
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It looks a little bit like some if the old time black powder log splitters that I've come across. I've seen some that are less "wedge" and more like a screw.
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Let me guess, the flat part just passed the eye hook looks like someone has taken a sledge hammer to it?
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The Seller states that it was used to get screwed into a gate to clear the outside from attackes. I am really sceptical because of never seeing something like it before. Was this really a Thing?
I've never heard of any such thing, it sounds slow, inefficient & a waste of time when one could simply fire a musket through a small hole with effect. I suspect that this is a wood splitter. Hammer it part way into the end grain, pass a bar through the eye & screw it fully in & then set it off via a fuze. google 'black powder log splitter' & similar searches. |
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