.75 caliber medieval hand cannon

[TiminMishawaka]

I had to share pics of this beauty. It's a hand cannon one of my buddies made from scratch, all by hand in his shop. The brass plate is his last name engraved in Anglo Saxon runes on it. I have the coolest friends, lolol. Yes, it is a fully functioning matchlock hand cannon.

 

[Noble Sniper]

Very neat

 

[gunman41mag]

It has no sights, you need to mount an aimpoint on it

 

[TiminMishawaka]

It has no sights, you need to mount an aimpoint on it

He fires a wrapped pouch of 36 OO buck pellets out of it.

 

[Noble Sniper]

I bet concealed carry is a pain in the butt

 

[TiminMishawaka]

I bet concealed carry is a pain in the butt

Not as bad as a tactical reload.

 

[ParkeCountyPlinker]

That looks awesome. How much does it weigh?

 

[dingodog]

Very cool indeed.

 

[armedindy]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet....

 

[Effingham]

You have to hook me up with this guy. I need someone who may be able to make a very special Japanese matchlock gun.

Tony

 

[paperboy]

Very talented indeed! I like the name engraving........

 

[gunman41mag]

He fires a wrapped pouch of 36 OO buck pellets out of it.

36 OO BUCK should be a man-stopper

 

[TiminMishawaka]

He made a video test firing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1rlOLDjuMA&feature=share

 

[indiucky]

That is too cool!!! Indiana is blessed with craftsmen willing to try something different.

We were doing a reenactment at Rising Sun and one of my buddies took out his 18th century jon boat on the river to try out the swivel gun he had mounted on it. It didn't go over very well and I was just happy they got back to shore. The recoil tore the swivel gun off of the boat and it made for an onteresting paddle back to the bank. There was actually a "Oh s*&t" moment where it looked like they were heading to Louisville but they finally got back to shore.

Apparently swivel guns were meant to be mounted on SHIPS or FORTS! I could see some of the tourists on shore mumbling among themselves "Is this part of the act?" as they were desperatley tring to get back to the bank. Funny now but not so much then.

 

[drgnrobo]

Much Nicer than the one they made on American Guns

 

[dsells13]

Very awesome!

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

How easy would that be to convert to full auto?

 

[Effingham]

How easy would that be to convert to full auto?

Leonardo has your back.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

Much Nicer than the one they made on American Guns

My thoughts exactly.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

And here's a shot at night so you get the full burning powder effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj6AbQ6AG3o&feature=related