Museum Cadet 6 Pounder

[PapaReb]

On display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.

 

[drezac]

Interesting, a under-sized 6-pdr bored out to a 12-pdr. I'd want to be far away from that when it was fired with a live round....

 

[UCVRelics]

Very nice piece. I love the small howitzers. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[John Winn]

Interesting, a under-sized 6-pdr bored out to a 12-pdr. I'd want to be far away from that when it was fired with a live round....

Indeed. I'd bet it might just flip over on you.

Sort of like an aluminum .44 magnum with a 1 1/2 inch barrel on a J frame.

 

[PapaReb]

In use would they load with a standard charge or a lighter charge? I wish I had taken a picture of the bore. Reboring to fire a twelve pound ball would have to have made the tube dangerously thin. If it actually saw much use, I'm surprised it survived.

 

[Rhea Cole]

On display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.

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I always enjoy seeing something I would have said was not possible. Never say never where the Civil War is concerned.

 

[James N.]

On display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.

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I believe this six-pounder gun at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery was one of those cast for the State of Georgia:

 

[Story]

Light gun, so more maneuverable than heavier guns and since one can't expect much range from it, I could see where the majority of the basic ammunition load would be cannister/grape shot - like a big two-wheeled sawed-off shotgun.