Hand mortar

[nessy357]

Saw this for sale @ historical trekking .com for $1850 USD

Cheers nessy.

 

[gallen270]

ha! wow, imagine the load that throws. any info on it?

 

[nessy357]

Check out gentlemenoffortune.com & therifleshop.com
Can you give me 16 reasons why I don't need one ?

Cheers nessy.

 

[gallen270]

Can you give me 16 reasons why I don't need one ?

no sir i cannot.

 

[H Wally]

Wow. I'm kindof curious how one would shoot something like that... from the shoulder or off the ground braced by a foot?

I'd be tempted to try from the shoulder.

Once.

 

[DaveMachine]

So that's what a black powder M79 looks like.

 

[nessy357]

no sir i cannot.

Thanks gallen, my wife gave me 1850 reasons

I've got this mental picture of me shooting (off the shoulder) tennis balls and trying to get a group @ 100yds
How many grains to fill that breech ?

 

[cooterdog]

lol probably takes 1/5 of a 1 pound can.

 

[fat tony]

- does anyone know what they were used for? solid/grapeshot etc?

 

[bdft]

Crowd control. 18th century style.

 

[nessy357]

Crowd control. 18th century style.

You might be right !

http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/handmortar.htm

 

[mooncoon]

- does anyone know what they were used for? solid/grapeshot etc?

It is my impression that they were for shooting grenades. With that in mind, I certainly would not want a flash in the pan after the grenade fuse was lit.

cheers mooncoon

 

[guess_kto]

LOL. Grenade launcher 18th century style....

 

[Musketfire]

It is my impression that they were for shooting grenades. With that in mind, I certainly would not want a flash in the pan after the grenade fuse was lit.

cheers mooncoon

x2!!!

 

[john@]

According to the gentleman pirates website linked above, they were for shooting grenadoes, I guess its like a potatoe that explodoes.