"It gets around the Gun Control Act of 1968 because anything modeled off of something constructed before 1989 counts as an antique firearm."
It is not 1989, would that it were. The date is 1898.
1 posted on
06/16/2012 10:48:11 AM PDT by
marktwain
To: marktwain
What’s the going price for an 11 inch Dahlgren?
2 posted on
06/16/2012 10:54:15 AM PDT by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: marktwain
But then, journalism isn’t journalism anymore.
3 posted on
06/16/2012 10:54:50 AM PDT by
wastedyears
("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
To: marktwain
that and the fact that it is a muzzleloader. and muzzleloaders are not classified as firearms.
4 posted on
06/16/2012 10:55:27 AM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: marktwain
There are numerous articles on making this artillery piece.
This is most likely the M1841 version of the venerable Napoleon and was cast in bronze.
Barrel wight of 220lbs & with carriage totaled 500 lbs & shot a 12 lb shell.
Quite nice IMO
5 posted on
06/16/2012 10:58:57 AM PDT by
bill1952
(Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: marktwain
Yeah, but it is still Illinois. He probably needs a FOID card for possessing it.
6 posted on
06/16/2012 11:01:12 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("You forget, it isn't who you claim, but instead, who claims you. We don't claim you!")
To: marktwain
I visited Barney’s Cannons in So. Bend back in the early ‘70s. He made replica muzzle loading cannons. Got an 1812 naval cannon replica (big and really heavy) about the same time from Dixie Gunworks and also machined a nice 1.6” bore cannon from really heavy wall (1”) steel tubing. They make lots of noise with a half soup can of black powder.
To: marktwain
I wonder how far a guy could shoot a potato with one of those.
8 posted on
06/16/2012 11:42:53 AM PDT by
Blogatron
(Brought to you by The American Frog Council; 'Frog - The other green meat')
To: marktwain
‘I’d love to have it, but the wife wouldn’t let me.’ Tell the wife it's a lawn ornament, set it in the front yeard and plant a garden around.
Just remember to leave a little path through the flowers so you can to tow it out to take it to the range and to 4th of July events.
9 posted on
06/16/2012 12:01:40 PM PDT by
Fido969
To: marktwain
To: marktwain
I would love to have one and the wife wouldn’t care, but the $4,000 prce tag is too steep for me.
13 posted on
06/16/2012 1:39:01 PM PDT by
Venturer
To: marktwain
I owned an 1841 Bronze heavy 12 pounder with the dolphins. The tube alone weighed 1800#. The next month my wife filed for divorce and had to sell it for her half of the ownership....
To: Nailbiter; BartMan1
25 posted on
06/16/2012 9:52:02 PM PDT by
IncPen
(Educating Barack Obama has been the most expensive project in human history)
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