Whitworth's Original Breechloading Cannon
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2014
- James D. Julia Auctioneers will be offering Session 2 in the 16 March 2015 Firearms Auction, the extraordinary Springfield Arsenal LLC Collection of rare antique cannons. Here's the online illustrated catalog of our nearly 100 fine cannons, cannon models, and accouterments--scroll about 1/10 way down the page to item 2038 and start there: jamesdjulia.com/auction/373-ma...
This collection in its entirety will represent what is believed to be the finest, largest, and most diverse offering of antique cannons to ever come to auction (to our knowledge). This auction will include approximately 28 tons of these cannons. Over the years, John Morris (one of the world's leading authorities on antique cannons) has prepared a number of UA-cam videos depicting these cannons. Please see the list of 100 cannons to be sold, here: www.springfieldarsenal.net/mai...
Sir Joseph Whitworth's original breechloading cannon, first tested at Liverpool about 1860, is shown and described. ALL VIDEO OR PHOTOS HEREIN IS EITHER OF MY OWN PRODUCTION OR IS PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGERY. - Навчання та стиль
Thank you Butch
I thought butch was talking until the camera guy introduced him lol but this is a beautiful piece
I sure enjoyed watching this. Thank you for the information.
WOW! super cool and super rare! I think this is the only original example in the world!
My friend has a replica of this cannon made from a WW2 40mm anti aircraft gun.
Great for our small reenactments and live fires too!
These were interesting pieces purchased by the C.S.A. during the Civil War but few actually saw use. The engineering by genius Sir Henry Whitworth was brilliant.
Spanish Fort Al. 1865 Huzzzaah
How was it fired? I don't see a touch hole or percussion cap hammer...
The vent hole is on the center of the breech block, so a copper priming tube with a pull cord would be inserted in the rear, and would detonate the powder charge in the gun when the cord was yanked quickly
Double lead square threads, I've been cutting some square threads for some antique machine restorations recently, I could see myself making a small working model of this gun,,, thinking maybe a 12 gauge slug cannon.
This looks great, original is the best way to go. The only original i have is an M32 1937 45mm russian A.T. gun thats not reactivated yet. I've got a 40mm kinda styled after the whitworth but its a standard screw breech.
a friend just agreed to sell me his modern 3" whitworth made on a 3"50cal navy barrel, it uses 75mm shells. Also in the works is a 20mm vulcan chambered singleshot on a field carriage😊
I have two Bofors 37mm ATG Breech Ring and falling black (vertical) actions, but with no barrels, gun carraiges, or recoil mechanisms for said carriage. Hoping to find a 37mm Bofors ATG with a dead breech block and/or cut ring to reactivate myself. If you’ve bofors bits. AND Identify my cannon breeches (I’m having a HARD time with that as Bofors exported MANY before WWII) let me know via mailing my youTube account!
i want one Butch.
What's the effective range of this one?
how was firing accomplished?
nice piece of history there, amazing how far ahead of its time the whitworth cannon was. i dont think the confederacy knew how to utilize them at the time effectively, even if they had gotten more than a few. im utterly fascinated with curiosity now, whats the max angle of fire? whats the max fire rate? what ammunition options were available for it? what kinda range was it effective out to? what battles saw the use of this device in history? and how much more effective was it than a typical bore loaded gun? or the more common parrot gun at the time? did it sacrifice much velocity for ease of loading? so many questions :) its like looking at something from the past, that came from the future.
Spanish Fort 1865
I grew up in Gettysburg, many years ago and did much original research on these guns...during the Battle of Gettysburg on the second day the Whitworth guns were firing from a position on Seminary Ridge, about 1,000 yards from the Union positions on Cemetary Ridge. After taking some casualties, the guns were moved on the third day to Oak Ridge, near the present Peace Light, where they are located today. From the Oak Ridge location they fired on Union positions, about 3 miles away. The projectiles were said to make a screeching noise.
When closing the breech a copper disk was used as a seal at the rear to the barrel...during the Battle of Gettysburg the Alabama artillery unit was out of disks and the guns were muzzle-loaded.
Building these barrels was interesting - a long length of 1" X 1" square steel bar was heated, coiled around a mandrel, then forge welded into a short section of barrel. Five short sections were then forge welded into the finished barrel shape, then turned to final shape on a lathe.
The projectiles were machined on machinery at the Tredgar Works (??) in Richmond (??).
The Union Army had several Whitworth cannons (6?) which were located near the Chain Bridge in the Washington, DC, defenses, but never did engage in any combat.
My original high school term paper, written in 1961, might still be on file under "Whitworth, the Man and the Gun", somewhere in the archives at Gettysburg.
Push in a little more that’s what she said 😂
I am pretty certain that Shelby Foote tells of a Confederate whitworth rifle disabling a Union Gunboat at the battle of vicksburg in 1863
Don't fuck with Butch.
Mr Morris- If you please, what is the carriage wheel diameter? Thanks
Top secret.
What caliber?
How was the Rifling made,what was Their exact method,that's what Nobody ever reveals?.
thats a nice cannon
I LIKE THE HAIR TRIGGER MECHANISM.❤LETS HOPE NO ONE USES TO PREVENT POLICE FROM USING THEIR VEHICLES😂 AND/OR LEAVING THEIR "SAFE" GARAGES I.E. WHERE THEY PARK THEIR CARS.
Those free Harbor Freight flashlights are really unreliable. LOL
Execelente cañón para seguridad del hogar no es muy difícil hacerlo
Fire it
"Polygonal"..
Very cool, Confederate used piece
Is it a Deuce Five?