Cool piece of history. Good home defence weapon.
https://youtu.be/cQEs6i4fwLA
San Juan hill hotchkiss
Re: San Juan hill hotchkiss
SSSHHH! Do not let Butlersrangers know about this. He will pawn all his Krags for to try and get this one. SHHH!
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Krags? What are Krags? I sold those to buy my hotchkiss.
Ha! Just kidding. But I can dream.
Ha! Just kidding. But I can dream.
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Re: San Juan hill hotchkiss
Mr. Hotchkiss was quite the Arms designer.
The 37mm revolving cannon is impressive. There is also a video displaying a 1/2 scale replica that fires .50 caliber BMG cartridges loaded with Black Powder. (How Practical)!
I still relish the Hotchkiss 1.65 inch Mountain Gun. It's breech mechanism is just super cool!
A 1/3 scale Mountain Gun, firing .50 BMG loaded with Black Powder, would make a helluva "Hood Ornament"!
A fuzzed exploding projectile would make it just the ticket for Cow Birds.
You build one Fred and I'll come down to Texas and help you crew it (and stomp birds).
The 37mm revolving cannon is impressive. There is also a video displaying a 1/2 scale replica that fires .50 caliber BMG cartridges loaded with Black Powder. (How Practical)!
I still relish the Hotchkiss 1.65 inch Mountain Gun. It's breech mechanism is just super cool!
A 1/3 scale Mountain Gun, firing .50 BMG loaded with Black Powder, would make a helluva "Hood Ornament"!
A fuzzed exploding projectile would make it just the ticket for Cow Birds.
You build one Fred and I'll come down to Texas and help you crew it (and stomp birds).
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I listened to part of the video. The old Hotchkiss is an antique not a destructive device. So no paperwork required. I am not sure you could finish building a new one before going to jail and not passing GO!
Working Gatling guns with a lot of polished brass hardware are worth $500,000.00 or more. No polished brass on the antique Hotchkiss, I did not look to see when the auction date ended. Just for grins it would be interesting to know what it sold for.
The thing the guy was calling a bolt did no locking, seems more a correct description would be a pusher/loader.
Yeah, quite the hood ornament. An acquaintance did a very nice restoration of a Sherman tank, it had rubber treads so it could be driven on the street. I asked Fred if people gave him respect when he drove it. He said yes, everyone pulled over and took pictures! One way to clear the road. http://shermanrestoration.com/page1/page1.html
"A fuzzed exploding projectile would make it just the ticket for Cow Birds" It would definitely thin the birds, it would also take out every tree hit. Was looking for just stunning the bird brains.
Working Gatling guns with a lot of polished brass hardware are worth $500,000.00 or more. No polished brass on the antique Hotchkiss, I did not look to see when the auction date ended. Just for grins it would be interesting to know what it sold for.
The thing the guy was calling a bolt did no locking, seems more a correct description would be a pusher/loader.
Yeah, quite the hood ornament. An acquaintance did a very nice restoration of a Sherman tank, it had rubber treads so it could be driven on the street. I asked Fred if people gave him respect when he drove it. He said yes, everyone pulled over and took pictures! One way to clear the road. http://shermanrestoration.com/page1/page1.html
"A fuzzed exploding projectile would make it just the ticket for Cow Birds" It would definitely thin the birds, it would also take out every tree hit. Was looking for just stunning the bird brains.