An old cannon (firing a solid cannon ball) wouldn't do anything to a modern tank but bounce right off the armour. The shaped charge was developed during WW2 and replaced the solid shell as the means for punching through heavy armour.
why? You'd think it would be the other way around. I own several antiques (mostly firearms), they wouldnt be worth anything unless they were in mint condition (which they are). But i collect them because i like to shoot, not for investment.
So take one of your mint condition firearms and use steel wool to scrub off all or most of the blueing. That's what polishing a nicely-patinated bronze cannon does, same kind of thing.
Well i was just asking. I can see not doing it to something that has a dye, or other covering on it (like the blueing on my rifles). But i figured a bronze cannon wasn't suppose to have anything on it. I'm not trying to start an argument, I just didn't know, sorry.
What a nice bronze tube...You can polish it and make it shine like the sun, or let it develope a honey mustard brown patina.... nice video.......old big John!
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comments4dummies 1 year ago
That's a lot of smoke! I'm assuming you are using black powder with this?
xvoy2002 1 year ago
I want one mounted on my bike in case I see someone I don't like.
nakawoopahkapooski 2 years ago 7
Gotta love the old barkers,Impressive work gentlemen.
BaDasiDTriP 2 years ago 3
i wonder what a cannon wud do to a tank?
LastRussianEmporer 3 years ago
An old cannon (firing a solid cannon ball) wouldn't do anything to a modern tank but bounce right off the armour. The shaped charge was developed during WW2 and replaced the solid shell as the means for punching through heavy armour.
ImparatorEugenius 2 years ago 4
where do you get all these cannons
Xxoo0o0o0ooxX 3 years ago
We bought them mostly from other collectors.
cannonmn 3 years ago
>werent Navl bronzes polished daily?
I don't know but I'm sure our ancestors did many things that are unthinkable today.
cannonmn 4 years ago
>You can polish it and make it shine like the sun
No, no, no...a sin punishable by death! Never polish a bronze cannon.
cannonmn 4 years ago
werent Navl bronzes polished daily?
cannoncollector 4 years ago
Why can't you polish it?
salemcripple 3 years ago
It is a valuable antique. Polishing it would cut whatever its value is in half.
cannonmn 3 years ago
why? You'd think it would be the other way around. I own several antiques (mostly firearms), they wouldnt be worth anything unless they were in mint condition (which they are). But i collect them because i like to shoot, not for investment.
salemcripple 3 years ago
So take one of your mint condition firearms and use steel wool to scrub off all or most of the blueing. That's what polishing a nicely-patinated bronze cannon does, same kind of thing.
cannonmn 3 years ago
Well i was just asking. I can see not doing it to something that has a dye, or other covering on it (like the blueing on my rifles). But i figured a bronze cannon wasn't suppose to have anything on it. I'm not trying to start an argument, I just didn't know, sorry.
salemcripple 3 years ago
Wouldn't firing it cut the value as well?
csrtitus 2 years ago
@csrtitus actually does quite the opposite, it quite litterly raises the vaule by in some cases up to 100%
fanofCOH 2 years ago
@fanofCOH I didn't realize that I commented on this vid.....where is my comment?
csrtitus 2 years ago
how do u accidently comment?
fanofCOH 2 years ago
@fanofCOH No idea.....but I do not see the comment that you replied to.
csrtitus 2 years ago
What a nice bronze tube...You can polish it and make it shine like the sun, or let it develope a honey mustard brown patina.... nice video.......old big John!
cannoncollector 4 years ago
very interesting. i have been to reinactments and seen cannons firing wadding, but i have never seen a cannon firing a ball before.
chestertouristcom 4 years ago
that sounds like a lot of powder.
entmage 5 years ago