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beechbum444
11-16-2021, 05:31 PM
291795291797. Thought y’all would like some pics of a 1700s Spanish capon from St Augustine
Mk42gunner
11-16-2021, 08:12 PM
Its going to take a lot of NeverDull to get that thing ship shape again.
45workhorse
11-16-2021, 09:19 PM
Would like to have this on my front porch.
So when the local knuckleheads ride down the road with the bass thumping.
I can answer them with my own bass thumper!!!!!!
FredBuddy
11-18-2021, 02:53 PM
45:

That's funny.

A while back I could hear the boom box
from near a mile away - an Amish kid
in his buggy. When he got to my house
I flagged him down and asked him to
turn it down. Thankfully he did.
abunaitoo
11-21-2021, 02:57 AM
I've always wanted a cannon.
Small one, like a swivel deck gun.
GregLaROCHE
11-21-2021, 05:11 AM
I remember visiting that canon almost fifty years ago.
junkbug
11-21-2021, 10:19 AM
There are four, I believe, at the Spanish-American War Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. Bronze rifled muzzleloaders. Very interesting.

291969
TNsailorman
11-21-2021, 12:24 PM
Want to see some really nice cannon--go to Fort St. Augustine in Florida. They have a cannoneer's instruction class that they run but I do not know what weeks. I did not know about it and I visited one week too late to get to become a certified cannoneer. I may find out the date they are giving that school and try to go back and be certified. james
beechbum444
11-22-2021, 11:25 PM
thats where the pics were taken.... The Fort downtown St Augustine. I think i saw the cannons youre talking about....
charlie b
11-23-2021, 12:23 AM
And it's a nice little town area to visit with great places to eat.
armoredman
11-23-2021, 04:59 AM
Its going to take a lot of NeverDull to get that thing ship shape again.

As a former US Navy Gunner's Mate, I can appreciate that saying with many groans of memory...
Mk42gunner
11-23-2021, 07:33 PM
As a former US Navy Gunner's Mate, I can appreciate that saying with many groans of memory...
I always wanted to paint the wedding band on my 5"/54.

Since I retired I have not shined brightwork, the tarnished look is in.

Robert
charlie b
11-23-2021, 09:45 PM
Fortunately the insides of main battle tanks didn't have any brightwork :)

We did clean and paint them a lot ;)
armoredman
11-23-2021, 10:21 PM
I always wanted to paint the wedding band on my 5"/54.

Since I retired I have not shined brightwork, the tarnished look is in.

Robert

I wish I'd had something as modern as a 5"54...I had 3"50s...