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Gun Drill, Battery Chamberlin, CDSG Tour 2006 (www.cdsg.org)
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  • Good thing it wasn't a 16 incher, they'd have been cranking all day.

    kpadmirer 10 months ago

  • Normally the recoil of firing the gun pushed it back down into the loading position. The crank would be used if for some reason the gun was raised into firing position but not actually fired. It was actually a very advanced system for its time (for technical reason that I will not pretend to understand!).

    cdsgwebmaster 3 years ago

  • Wow, I'd hate to have a mis-trip in a combat situation. I'm surprised that by 1900 they didn't have a better system for retracting the gun. Any idea how long the larger disappearing rifles took to crank back down?

    SgtGrasshopper 3 years ago

  • Fort Winfield Scott - San Francisco.

    plowguy45 3 years ago

  • IS THIS Fort MacArthur IN SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA?

    isaachuerta 3 years ago

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