Can anyone identify or date this cannon

[Joe hunter]

I’m not sure if anyone has kept track of my cannon search but I’m hoping i have enough pieces to Figure it out now. the length is 43in, if I laid it out correctly.
It has a 2in bore .I’m going to do my best to respond promptly to any questions.Thanks

 

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[Joe hunter]

No markings it’s very frustrating and with trundles probably not a swivel also a mounting bracket.

 

[ARC]

Not swivel... and its Trunnions. :P

I told ya... the mark is on other trunnion

We hope.

IF... repeat IF... it is a real cannon and not a re-pop.
Need bore size 2

 

[Joe hunter]

Yes Trunnions.it’s bore is 2 inches
I’m getting pretty sure it’s the real deal

 

[Broken knee]

A catastrophic failure there mister not the place to be when they lit it off!
Given what you found the other trunnion can’t be far away keep looking.

 

[Joe hunter]

I can’t it’s winter.I don’t think I’ll make it another winter without finding out what this is.I was hoping with my latest barrel piece and a bore size it could be figured out.

 

[GoDeep]

2" bore and approximately 4 feet long? British one pounder or some variant thereof...

 

[smokeythecat]

Oh it's not a repop. It's a most excellent find! Now my gut feeling says Rev War. The Americans had an awful problem with cannons blowing up in the field. Flawed iron. The only place in NY you MIGHT find an iron gun from the War of 1812 period would be around the Great Lakes or Plattsburg area.

 

[Joe hunter]

I agree with Smokey .The way the three big back pieces were pretty much together and the rest I’ve found spread hundreds of feet apart in front of the area I think it blew.

 

[unclemac]

that thing could have killed someone when it blew... what actions took place where it we found? That might help date it.

 

[Joe hunter]

I’m 45 min from Lake Ontario 45 min in the other direction is fort schuyler,20 min from fort stanwix oriskany battle fields are about a half hour I’m in boonville ny but I can’t find any skirmishes that were recorded around here.at least not right here.

 

[Al D]

That is an awesome find, it is probable that it was overloaded intentionally in order to destroy it.
there are many possible scenarios where such an action could have been justified.

 

[Retired Sarge]

That is an awesome find, it is probable that it was overloaded intentionally in order to destroy it.
there are many possible scenarios where such an action could have been justified.

Yeap destruction of obsolete equipment, destruction of captured equipment, destruction of equipment to prevent enemy use, structural testing etc..........

 

[Retired Sarge]

I’m not sure if anyone has kept track of my cannon search but I’m hoping i have enough pieces to Figure it out now. View attachment 1885638 View attachment 1885641 View attachment 1885643 View attachment 1885645 View attachment 1885649 View attachment 1885651 the length is 43in, if I laid it out correctly.
It has a 2in bore .I’m going to do my best to respond promptly to any questions.Thanks

Awesome find, I would be beyond excited with a find like that.

 

[unclemac]

spiking the gun would have been a lot easier and a whole lot safer.

 

[smokeythecat]

They would have not blown it up intentionally. The iron pieces could have traveled quite a distance and they didn't exactly have bomb shelters back then. The problem with American cannons cast in iron was so bad, George Washington insisted they be tested BEFORE being sent to the troops, and yes, it is documented some continentals were injured or killed when one blew. There were a LOT of iron furnaces in the colonies, you might check for a nearby iron furnace operating in Revolutionary War times.

(My cat taught me all I know about this.)

 

[Joe hunter]

Awesome find, I would be beyond excited with a find like that.

Oh I am, this has been years of searching that hill.

 

[Joe hunter]

I believe it was black and was painted white for winter use.Perhaps the cold played a roll.

 

[ARC]

They would have not blown it up intentionally. The iron pieces could have traveled quite a distance and they didn't exactly have bomb shelters back then. The problem with American cannons cast in iron was so bad, George Washington insisted they be tested BEFORE being sent to the troops, and yes, it is documented some continentals were injured or killed when one blew. There were a LOT of iron furnaces in the colonies, you might check for a nearby iron furnace operating in Revolutionary War times.

(My cat taught me all I know about this.)

They did it all the time... and still do it today.

 

[ARC]

Yeap destruction of obsolete equipment, destruction of captured equipment, destruction of equipment to prevent enemy use, structural testing etc..........

As stated in original thread.