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alwion

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Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« on: January 18, 2012, 05:04:55 PM »
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John D. Bartleson Jr.

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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 08:10:31 PM »
Nope we have been unable to I.d. it
John
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Pete George

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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 09:18:15 PM »
  My guess about the Ebay item is that it is the center-pintle from the barbette mounting for a large cannon.

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John D. Bartleson Jr.

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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 10:38:04 PM »
Sir;
Now that I saw the other views whicch show how thick the item is, it is Not the same item a viewed in my post attachment.
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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2012, 07:45:02 AM »
Quote from: Pete George on January 18, 2012, 09:18:15 PM
  My guess about the Ebay item is that it is the center-pintle from the barbette mounting for a large cannon.


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Pete

Agree!
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alwion

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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2012, 11:59:59 AM »
better picts. does anyone have a diagram of a cannon center pintle barbette mounting
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Pete George

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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2012, 01:39:42 PM »
  You asked for a diagram.  I hope a photo will be enough to shed the necessary amount of light about cannon-mount pintles.  By the way, I should have said the Ebay item can be used as either a center-pintle or a front-pintle.

  Here's an original civil war photo showing a center-mount pintle ...meaning, it is located under the center of the cannon's mount.  Sometimes it was located at the front of the mount.  If I recall correctly, the civil war term for that type was a "Barbette" mount.

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alwion

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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2012, 04:29:48 PM »
I get it. center pivot on a gun which would swivel 360 degrees, front pivot for one with only like 180 degree rotation. Well that would be kinda neat to have, but storage could be a problem.
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Re: Unknow CW item from "Cannon Pit"
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2012, 07:54:13 PM »
item disappeared, no final value
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