Well I for one find the 1900s boring, and losers guns even more so, so when the chance came up to pick up a real Canadian milsurp (and not some cheesy Ross knock off of a Mannlicher), how could I say no.
Admittedly it wasn’t advertised on CGN, which is a shame, because I would love to have seen the ad for it,
NRA Excellent Grade, minor safe kisses (found half buried in Nova Scotia, possible contact with some sea air and water), light unit (only 500 pounds-ish), easily transportable (3 guys, a half ton pickup, a snowbank to roll it into, followed by then rolling it onto a 1000lb rated dolly, which really didn’t seem to handle the weight so well and buckled, admittedly due to the loadstraps being cinched down to much),
Bore is excellent, minor frosting….
And all the wimps on here whining about their sewer pipe bores…..yawnnnnnnnn
You cant even fit that much dirt down some wussy K98 bore, never mind a Mosin. Pffffft.
Mind you, nothing a chimney brush wont move, well, hmmm, actually it wont.
Truth be told a 6pound light field gun from the late 1700s isn’t quite what I wanted, more along the lines of a small carronade was what I was looking for, but beggers cant be choosers. The gun needs a good clean, but nothing that cant be done for the price of a tank of gas, and a case of beer if you know the right people. Considering where this gun came from, namely near the Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia I cant help but wonder if it was used in part of the Basin’s defences in 1812, then like some of the guns from one of the posts, abandoned to its fate. All the owner knew was it was half buried on their property. Admittedly the area abounds in pre 1800 smoothbores, so much so you can even find what looks to be a 9pounder buried ass end in the ground as a corner marker in a nearby town.
All the same, a chance to land a Brit gun in an area that swapped hands between the British and French so many times, saw American Raiders, and even Iroquois from New York brought in at one stage to fight the local Micmacs just seemed to good. I suspect the gun actually saw little use, but was certainly around for some of Canada’s more interesting Colonial history.
Now all that’s left is to get a carriage of some sort for her, granted it wont look like this gem when done
But it will look better than sitting half buried in dirt.
Admittedly it wasn’t advertised on CGN, which is a shame, because I would love to have seen the ad for it,
NRA Excellent Grade, minor safe kisses (found half buried in Nova Scotia, possible contact with some sea air and water), light unit (only 500 pounds-ish), easily transportable (3 guys, a half ton pickup, a snowbank to roll it into, followed by then rolling it onto a 1000lb rated dolly, which really didn’t seem to handle the weight so well and buckled, admittedly due to the loadstraps being cinched down to much),
Bore is excellent, minor frosting….
And all the wimps on here whining about their sewer pipe bores…..yawnnnnnnnn
You cant even fit that much dirt down some wussy K98 bore, never mind a Mosin. Pffffft.
Mind you, nothing a chimney brush wont move, well, hmmm, actually it wont.
Truth be told a 6pound light field gun from the late 1700s isn’t quite what I wanted, more along the lines of a small carronade was what I was looking for, but beggers cant be choosers. The gun needs a good clean, but nothing that cant be done for the price of a tank of gas, and a case of beer if you know the right people. Considering where this gun came from, namely near the Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia I cant help but wonder if it was used in part of the Basin’s defences in 1812, then like some of the guns from one of the posts, abandoned to its fate. All the owner knew was it was half buried on their property. Admittedly the area abounds in pre 1800 smoothbores, so much so you can even find what looks to be a 9pounder buried ass end in the ground as a corner marker in a nearby town.
All the same, a chance to land a Brit gun in an area that swapped hands between the British and French so many times, saw American Raiders, and even Iroquois from New York brought in at one stage to fight the local Micmacs just seemed to good. I suspect the gun actually saw little use, but was certainly around for some of Canada’s more interesting Colonial history.
Now all that’s left is to get a carriage of some sort for her, granted it wont look like this gem when done
But it will look better than sitting half buried in dirt.
Great find!
