Constructed in Styria, Austria in the early 1400’s, the Punhart Von Steyr is the largest wrought iron bombard by caliber. According to modern calculations, it could fire a a 690 kg stone ball around 600 m using a 15 kg charge of gunpowder. Today the Punhart Von Steyr is on display at the Museum of Military History in Vienna.
I would love to put an old cannon in front of my house. The only problem is the one I have seen are over $10,000.00. I really don't have the scratch for something like that, but if I ever hit the lotto....... ;)
ReplyDeleteThe answer is to make your own. Find a blacksmith and a welder, and start heating, pounding and welding. Sooner or later, you'll come up with something you can load up and shoot.
DeleteThen, when you're finished, you can give the cannon some awesome name like "Punhart Von Steyr," or "The Hammer of the Scots," or whatever your fertile imagination can come up with.
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