![]() ![]() And yet, this is all done with technology from 1900 – the tool list consists of a set of calipers, a small lathe (4′ bed), good set of files, and a solid vise (plus casting equipment, if you don’t want to outsource that work). ![]() The article includes directions on making the springs, screws, nuts, bolts, barrel, and patterns for casting some parts. ![]() I think it would be a very educational project to take on, because it is written with the expectation that the builder will be making all the parts, not like most modern kit projects where you start with most of the work already done. Of course one could lengthen the barrel a few inches without trouble to avoid that legal complication (or scale the whole thing up to, say.38 Special size). As drawn, it uses a smoothbore barrel about 14″ long, so it would be an NFA item (just like the DefCad Liberator, interestingly). The model design is fully functional, of course, and includes a recoil and automatic ejection mechanism. Printed in England in 1900, it is a set of drawings and instructions for building a.22 caliber model of a Hotchkiss-style quick-fire cannon (just like the designs covered in ).
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