http://www.kanonen-zimmermann.de/

I don't know German, but can anyone buy these monsters? And, are they new or antiques?

Thanks for the translation and information in advance.

Good shooting!

They look like newly made. Here in California black powder cannon are unrestricted. In fact, last summer Lassen Community College offered a 2 week course in cannon-building in the machine shop. Pity I couldn't attend! Ah well, some day.

I once met a gentleman that owned somekinda breech loading black powder rifle barreled cannon. I believe he used it for reinactments. I think the aiming would make it too slow for hunting, but ????

Kent

Mehul,
They are new and fully functional it seems.
We could get them here as long as barrel length is kept under 48" as per the stupid abstract nonsense limit we have.

Does anyone have any links to cannon forums/societies/online courses?

If I can learn enough and it turns aout they are the real deal, I might get the civil war mountain howitzer.

Karl.

mehulkamdar,

Well, these are repros of Civil War field pieces that anyone with enough money can purchase, and shoot too!! Look in your Dixie Gun Works catalog! If you don't have a Dixie Gun Works catalog, get one!! you'll enjoy it!!

[ 07-22-2003, 16:14: Message edited by: eldeguello ]

Here in Canada, matchlocks, flintlock rifles and cannons are all completely unrestricted. They are considered antique firearms, no matter if they are fresh off the factory floor. No permit required to buy, possess or, it appears, use. No registration, either. Flintlock pistols are treated as regular pistols, requiring permits to purchase and registration.

Pedersoli makes a .69 cal. cannon that the barrel is only a couple inches longer than the barrel on my .45 Kentucky pistol. I can take the cannon barrel off and carry it around in my jacket - loaded even, anywhere I'd like. If I did that with the barrel of my Kentucky pistol - loaded or unloaded, I'd be arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Technically, if I remove the breech plug and leave it home, then I can carry the pipe around, as it's an "unrestricted spare part". The breech plug is considered the "receiver" which is required to be registered.

As one of the guru's from the National Firearms Association says "It doesn't have to make sense. It's government policy."

My new gf and I have gotten to the point of discussing where we may be in a year or two. Since she an accomplished horsewoman, we've discussed getting a place in the country (yeah, I'm really resisting moving out of the city )

Anyway, if it happens, I will think seriously about getting some sort of cannon, just for the pleasure of touching the sucker off on special occasions.

[ 07-22-2003, 19:12: Message edited by: Fischer ]

Thanks, friends. Whatever the minuses in owning this kind of replica artillery may be, they would be conversation pieces like no other kind of gun would!

Someday, if I win a major lottery, I would like to buy one of these and use it occasionally to give friends and guests a 21 gun salute!

Good shooting!

I once saw a show on either Outdoor Channel, or maybe History which covered a cannon target shooting competition. I believe it was 300 yards with a 2 foot bullseye (forgive me if I am wrong I saw it a few years ago). Actually being able to see a big ole cannon ball flying downrange and smashing a 1foot hole into a target was one of the sweetest things I have ever seen.

About 40 years ago I had a chance to get about
50 tank barrels.Cut offs about 16 ft long, laying in a army surplus junkyard
Passed it up as it was a long hauling job.
Kicked myself ever since. Looked like about 4 in
bores.Could made a lot of cannons, muzzleloading
black powder types,
and built a falling block breachloader.Just
weld on the plugs or breaches.Ed.

I talked last night to a fellow who has built the civil war mountain howitzer.He'll make full scale for about $7500 and 5000 of that for the carriage-mostly getting the wheels actually.
His has a 350lb barrel. They cast it out of bronze with a liner of extra hardness.The orginal howitzer is supposed to be a 4" bore or so(12lb ball)but they went with 2"bore(1.8lb ball) for cheaper loading.

As an aside they also said 2" is the regulated limit for using blackpowder cannon on SSAA ranges here. The law allows us to build a cannon of any bore size, so I asked who made the 2 " limit?
"The shooters themselves did" I was told and apparently the government might change the laws to align with the sporting regulations soon.

F***! As if we don't have enough trouble than to go cutting our own throats like that...

karl.

MY FRIEND HERE IN TOWN BUILT WHAT HE CALLED A FIELD HOWITZER. I SUPPOSE THE BORE WAS ABOUT 2" IT SHOT A 1# LEAD BALL. THEY USED TO HAVE CANNON SHOOTS AT THE FT MUSEUM IN FT DODGE. HE BUILT THE BARREL KINDA LIKE A DAN WESSON REVOLVER IN THAT HE HAD A LINER STRETCHED INSIDE AN OUTER BARREL.IT WAS ACCURATE AS HELL THAT WAY. AFTER WORKING UP A LOAD AND TESTING IT HE WENT AND WON THE FIRST SHOOT HE WAS IN. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THE MAXIMUM RANGE WAS ON THAT PIECE.

THE 2ND AMENDMENT PROTECTS US ALL.............

I WAS WONDERING KENT WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I'M SO OF FT DODGE IA.

There is a Union field artillery unit here in PA that shoots at Ft. Indiantown Military Reservation, about 20 miles N of Harrisburg. I believe most of their guns are real CW pieces, which I sometimes wonder about how strong they are these days! I saw one of their shoots on the Hist. Channel, TALES OF THE GUN!

Try taking a peek at cannon-mania.com !!!

WARNING: If you have a penchant for cannons it will probably cost you at least $1,000 and an extended Doghouse stay.
But; grouping a 2 1/4 incher at 100 yards is a blast.

For what it is worth, go to the Google search engine and put in the web address, when it comes up select "Translate" and it will give you the data in English.

Regards,