57mm Hotchkiss

apraksin · Post by **apraksin** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:14 pm

Hello!
I research photography's navy gun Hotchkiss 57 mm period 1900 1920.
sorry for bad English,in advance thank you very much.
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RickF · Post by **RickF** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:34 pm

Here's a start for you. These guns were usually referred to (at least in the RN and USN) as "six-pounder quick-firers"
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_6pounder_m1.htm
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.johnson/arms/syst.jpg

Rick

apraksin · Post by **apraksin** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:43 am

RickF wrote:Here's a start for you. These guns were usually referred to (at least in the RN and USN) as "six-pounder quick-firers"
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_6pounder_m1.htm
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.johnson/arms/syst.jpg

Rick

Very nice,THANK YOU!!

Post by **JIM BAUMANN** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:40 pm

aha!

no wonder I have been looking in google--to no avail!�

cheers Rick!

JIM B

mcg · Post 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.