by mcg » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:52 am
Duane Borchers at the Maryland Silver Company reprinted "The Hotchkiss System of Rapid Firing Guns," originally published in Paris and London in 1887. Maryland Silver has a site. I don't see the book offered, but you might inquire about it by email.
http://www.marylandsilver.com/
Since you are in France, you might also try a search on Chapitre.com for "Hotchkiss" and "tir rapide." They have some old magazine articles and photos from that epoque.
For some reason I thought the 6 pounders were 37 mm.
Here is a set of Hotchkiss barrels turned, in the spring of 2005, by Steve Nuttall at 1:64. We pulled the dimensions and contours from the Maryland Silver document.
Duane Borchers at the Maryland Silver Company reprinted "The Hotchkiss System of Rapid Firing Guns," originally published in Paris and London in 1887. Maryland Silver has a site. I don't see the book offered, but you might inquire about it by email.
http://www.marylandsilver.com/
Since you are in France, you might also try a search on Chapitre.com for "Hotchkiss" and "tir rapide." They have some old magazine articles and photos from that epoque.
For some reason I thought the 6 pounders were 37 mm.
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Here is a set of Hotchkiss barrels turned, in the spring of 2005, by Steve Nuttall at 1:64. We pulled the dimensions and contours from the Maryland Silver document.