Howitzer purchase?

I am also looking for a small cannon. Just more in this style:



This Three Inch Hotchkiss Mountain Gun would be a perfect lawn ornament.



Just think of the Fourth of July!

Sincerely,

Prof. A. Wickwire

Here: http://www.klomont.com/

Call Ken, tell him Kirk says "hi", be prepared to fax a bank letter as Ken is a busy man and doesn't like to waste time with tire kickers and the broke curious.

What you don't have one?
Heck, when I was a kid the CMP were selling Howitzers for $5.00 a piece.
Dang, I should have never let that one I had go

Ski resorts use a lot of 75 MM pack Howitzers....

to trigger avalanches. I've always wanted to have one of those little suckers. Look pretty interesting being towed behind a Civic.

Check out Omega Weapons Systems. He has a cannon for sale there. It looks real nice in the pics.

Sparky

Also on the "OLD" gunsamerica.com they'd have them listed on there.

I haven't tried getting on there in couple of weeks, anyone know if they fixed the "improvements" they made ???

Umm... DR Dickie... when you were a kid, (unless you are under 20 years old) there WAS no CMP... it was known as the DCM or "Department of Civilian Marksmanship"...

And Colt 46... you're half right... they USED to use pack howitzers... but the feds cracked down (since most western ski areas are on federal land) and they now use nitrogen powered launchers... (think REALLY big paintball gun.)

a good family friend is a head of lift maintainence at Breckenridge in CO, and has shown me the "Av guns"...

There is no call for civilians to have small howitzers.

Large ones however....

Umm... DR Dickie... when you were a kid, (unless you are under 20 years old) there WAS no CMP... it was known as the DCM or "Department of Civilian Marksmanship"...

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Yeah, I was going to say it was called the DCM, but I figured, why interject truth it what was fantasy!

Actually, it was the "Director of Civilian Marksmanship".

http://www.homestead.com/mlgc/files/Articles/Article-Civilian_Marksmanship.html

And the antis are worried about civilians owning 50cals? If you're going to go Howitzer, get a self-propelled. It'll save the set-up time.

Id rather have a direct fire weapon like a 37mm or 57mm.

Bwana , you need the old rotating cannon ,either the 1 pounder [37mm] or the larger 57mm. No sense in having just one barrel !!

Money and true desire is all that is needed.

There is no call for civilians to have small howitzers.

Large ones however....

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'Go big or go home' - get a MLRS, 200$ tax stamp for a rocket wouldn't be that bad.

Id rather have a direct fire weapon like a 37mm or 57mm.

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In my hometown (where I was born) one guy has a 88mm flak cannon on the roof. Wonder what are his worries. If I find a pic I will post it.

Another has a Bofors 40 set up in the garden, as a part of exhibition, but still:


If anything else, I'll put it up

ADDED: Found the picture of that 88mm

Medusa , it's the crows , the damned crows !!

Yeah, the crows. And those pesky seagulls, reconing the area to mark the targets for bomb carpets. Err, crap-carpets.

Oh man, do I ever want a German 88. You don't even know how much. Well, actually, I think you do.

Man, i wish you the best of luck! I hope you do get one. Pop a round off for me, will ya?

In the NFA world, flash the cash.

Wayne, remember, you cannot, I repeat, you cannot paint kill rings on your 88 via cars with California plates.

Check these sites, www.subguns.com and www.sturmgewehr.com.
There are a couple listed now.

Also check ads in Small Arms Review and Shotgun News.

There will be a lot of Federal paperwork.

I don't have a cannon of any kind but a friend has a self-built blackpowder job which is a lot of fun.
I saw a bunch of artillery at the Knob Creek shoot the only time I got there.

I believe that I saw a 3" naval gun for sale a year or so ago. Was mounted on a trailer and included 20-30 empty shell casings and reloading info. ONLY $26,000
Try this site
http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83440

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZQpR888QuU

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

Oh, wow. Yeeee Haw!

From a long and rich history of engines of destruction comes the newest breed of medium force weapons -- the 155mm Ultralightweight Howitzer -- so light that it floats like a butterfly, and so powerful it stings like a train wreck.

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Now, THERE'S a serious simile.

(Though I'd pay money to see one float like a butterfly.)