aciera
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Post by aciera on May 10, 2024 12:32:06 GMT -5
No I did not!!!!! And in a family of artillery men…..and a machinist that nerds over the table that showed in days how long it takes to do each op to make a 16 inch tube…….i have to tell my brother. It takes longer to build a tube than to build the rest of the battlewagon…….. The there is the story of the Monitor and the Merrimack and the proof of the Monitor’s 15” guns…… My favorite Civil War "boat" what the Confederate submarine the Hunley. I had read that not all her crew were Confederate Southerners, that some were Yankees and some foreigner. They are still researching her today. Saw it about 20 years ago. Amazing. The Monitor’s guns were proofed at 15 lbs of powder. Those type were eventually proofed to 30 lbs. if they were used in the battle at that charge……would not have bounced off the Merrimack.
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Post by rkcohen on May 10, 2024 12:41:56 GMT -5
i'm impressed by how thin those chamber walls are!
so, nothing hotter than a factory load, right?
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