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Offline cannonmn

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Cannon comedy volume !
« on: July 27, 2008, 04:04:36 PM »
I get a good laugh out of how some sellers represent cannons they have.  This here's Billybob's cannon. He says it is "probably pre-Revolutionary."



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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2008, 01:50:04 AM »
That looks like one of Frank's cannons.  Cast aluminum carriage and 1" bore?
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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2008, 01:58:41 AM »
That looks like something we'll be reading about in the news when someone stuffs it full of
powder and it go KA-BOOM!  :o
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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2008, 02:10:18 AM »
 I saw that one. I figured the ol' timer must be out of his gourd with that opening bid on the thing...
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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2008, 03:12:15 AM »
Billybob says it is all cast iron and has 3" bore.
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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 05:53:20 AM »
   Couldn't he mean by pre-Revolutionary, that it was made before Tiananmen Square? In the photo with the pick-up Billybob seems to to be having himself a good giggle, just admiring his fine backyard sculpture and dreaming about how he's going to spend
that twenty large.
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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2008, 06:51:30 AM »
     Boom J,   We believe you have correctly pointed out the probable casting chronology, hinted at the probable makers and definitely nailed down the most likely use for this..........thing.   Bravo!    Thx Cannonmn; we needed a chuckle. 

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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2008, 09:24:54 AM »
Oh Guys, be nice. I think what he has may be Very Valuable.  ;)  It may just be a rare original full scale Penncraft Cannon..... Now, you don't see those every day....  :D  :D  :D
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Re: Cannon comedy volume !
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2008, 01:25:04 PM »
us $ 20 000  ?????????????
are you joking ??
what mental disorder does he suffer from ??
must be  :   cannonius cheatus   ;D
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