Traditional Muzzleloading Association

Traditional Firearms => Pre-Flintock Firearms => Topic started by: bluelake on May 03, 2009, 09:01:52 AM

Title: Three Barreled Hand Cannon
Post by: bluelake on May 03, 2009, 09:01:52 AM

It was hard to decide where this thread should go as it is related to at least two categories.

A few years ago, I picked up a three barreled hand cannon from an antiques seller here in Korea.  It was made (or converted) for percussion cap.  I can tell you that it is a heavy beast, although I haven't weighed it.  I also never measured it and didn't think about doing it today (it's at our Korean traditional house, which we only visit once in a while), but I did take a few pics.

(http://www.koreanarchery.org/3barrela.jpg)

(http://www.koreanarchery.org/3barrelb.jpg)

(http://www.koreanarchery.org/3barrelc.jpg)

(http://www.koreanarchery.org/3barreld.jpg)

Looking on YouTube, I see someone else has one and touched it off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNXkUA0KFNY

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Post by: tg on May 03, 2009, 10:41:44 AM

You could get the same rapid fire with a small bedbowl of hot coals to drop each vent on  in pre caplock times