Ok so this piece is a full size , 12lb ,1841 Mountain howitzer on a 2nd model carriage
Looking at the first picture you see on the lefts side the worm and mop. Think of the mop as a swab for wiping the bore both to reduce fouling and get rid of hot embers . The worm is used for pulling loads and for cleaning out the improved breech ‘
. On the right side is the rammer and another mop. Which would be used to grease and or swab the bore . Rammer is used to set the load just like a ram rod would be .
These are hanging from belts because out west the mountain howitzers were most often taken apart and carried on pack mules then set back up when they were deployed . So no chains would be on the carriage. Or large implement hooks for the rammers
However the customer wanted the chains that would be on a towed piece ..
One a towed piece the cannon would be hooked to an Limber . “ think small two wheel ammunition cart “ that cart would then be hooked to a team of horses . Thus the chains are the stay chains that are hooked to the limber when towed .
Yes the friction fuse is set off by a lanyard . The owner was to have those ordered . But they had not came in last weekend so we fired with a timed fuse
I did not make the wheels , they are original wheels from a prairie carriage. We purchased the wheels and barrel . I made the rest of the Iron work and the main carriage an axel
The covered cylinder on the right side is what we use for whats called a tampon . IE it plugs the bore so nothing gets into the bore either while towed , displayed or stored . An original would have been made from wood . In this case we had to make a last minute one from foam and wrap it with tape so that we could transport the cannon .
People and police don’t like it much when they follow you and the bore is aimed at their front windshield. Its rather odd thing to see . First they are like COOOLLL look at that . Then they start to slow down or pass LMAO so we made a tampon for it
However it doesn’t exist anymore as we also used it as a wad for firing blank rounds LMAO