Lt.Arty Cost Of A Confederate 4 Gun Battery

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Came across this while looking for some cannons made by Quinby & Robinson of Memphis. Interesting invoice that shows the cost of a 4 gun battery.
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Just the tube or the whole gun as in 2004 which was my last year in the US Army. I ordered 2 Rheinmetall 120mm tubes for our M1-A1 and they were $120,000 each and that was just the tube.
 
Just the tube or the whole gun as in 2004 which was my last year in the US Army. I ordered 2 Rheinmetall 120mm tubes for our M1-A1 and they were $120,000 each and that was just the tube.
Well, they are all smoothbores.
 
I personally was referring to reproductions of bronze gun tubes, which a tube alone price varies a lot because of copper I guess. Doing the math here while back I think I came to around $7,000 to $9,000 for a M1841 Field Howitzer tube. Add in all the wood, wheels, cap squares and everything else on a carriage buying it would be close to $25,000 at the best price. If its a Napoleon or even an iron rifled gun its gonna go way up.

But $120,000 for 120mm? I wouldn't thought them that expensive. I wouldn't have guessed even half that price.
 
I personally was referring to reproductions of bronze gun tubes, which a tube alone price varies a lot because of copper I guess. Doing the math here while back I think I came to around $7,000 to $9,000 for a M1841 Field Howitzer tube. Add in all the wood, wheels, cap squares and everything else on a carriage buying it would be close to $25,000 at the best price. If its a Napoleon or even an iron rifled gun its gonna go way up.

But $120,000 for 120mm? I wouldn't thought them that expensive. I wouldn't have guessed even half that price.
I wish I could get 25K but that is a way high number. I have built 5 6lber's with carriages made from 1 piece of white oak with all the whistles & bells on the carriage and per the original plans and I get 8K total for tube and carriage.
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