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57mm Hotchkiss
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:14 pm
by apraksin
Hello!
I research photography's navy gun Hotchkiss 57 mm period 1900 1920.
sorry for bad English,in advance thank you very much.
A.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:34 pm
by RickF
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
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:43 am
by apraksin
Very nice,THANK YOU!!
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:40 pm
by JIM BAUMANN
aha!
no wonder I have been looking in google--to no avail!�
cheers Rick!
JIM B
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:52 am
by mcg
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.
