2.9-inch Blakely rifle,

[rampa_room_artillery]

I have come across this gun and was wondering does anyone have prints for this gun or know where one is located at so I can get dimensions off of it? would it be aproved to shoot off of a praire carriage?

2.9-inch Blakely rifle, Type 10. Total length, 36.45 inches; maker, unknown; rifling, 6-groove sawtooth, right-hand twist; weight, 197 pounds (per scale); known survivors, 3, one of which is marked "BLAKELEY(sic)/LONDON." Little is known of these except for the presence of the survivors.

rick bryan
3rd va co B
11434

[Rob West]

Rick,
Two things you need to do,
1) Provide to the N-SSA that during the Civil War that either the United States Government or the Confederate States Government actually had this Cannon in their inventory, also known as public property.

2) Find some one to rifle a reproduction tube or liner, a friend of mine just spent over a $1000.00 at a machine shop to have a cutter head made for a cannon he is building.
You may want to contact Ken Kurdt of the 3rd US Inf, he has a rifling machine and produces most of the rifle liners for the N-SSA. Bill Anderson also does machine work, he could possibly make this cutter.
In my opinion it would be cheaper to build the 2-1/4 Confederate mountain rifle or the 3” Parrott pack howitzer.

If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 757 868-0570 home or 757 508-3007 cell

Rob West
N-SSA Nat'l Artillery Officer

[R. C. Hubbard Jr]

Here is a photo of some happy Mn. boys who were able to get their gun back in the 1870's. #10 adapted to a pack carriage ( as were the guns of the 2nd Indiana Cav.) ( OR's.)


Rob, I can't find that much on the pack parrott. In which service and how many of those were there?

Bob

[cannonmn]

#10 adapted to a pack carriage ( as were the guns of the 2nd Indiana Cav.) ( OR's.)

R.C.H.: Interesting photo but I'm not sure what it is, can't quite understand what your post is saying, could you 'splain a little more pls? Thanks.

[cannonmn]

I can't find that much on the pack parrott. In which service and how many of those were there?

I'm not trying to speak for Rob but what I've heard is that Parrott's drawings of the "Pack Parrott" exist, but no specimens, manufacturing records, nor government orders of any survive. So maybe it existed on paper only.

[R. C. Hubbard Jr]

cannonmn,

Read this

1) Provide to the N-SSA that during the Civil War that either the United States Government or the Confederate States Government actually had this Cannon in their inventory, also known as public property

and this

Parrott's drawings of the "Pack Parrott" exist, but no specimens, manufacturing records, nor government orders of any survive. So maybe it existed on paper only.

There is more info on the possible use of the #10 (pictured) than the recommended unproven, undocumented pack parrott which does not meet criteria of 1).

[cannonmn]

the #10 (pictured)

That's where ya lost me, I don't understand what you mean by "#10."

The piece in the photo look like a typical-sized GAR salute gun. I haven't seen a GAR-marked one like that in the photo, but the size is about right for the various small salute guns the various GAR ;posts had made up.

Do you know what the post-thing is coming vertically out of the trunnion band? I thought maybe it was a bolt to help hold the band on.

[rampa_room_artillery]

so now that there is record of the gun,
the only question that there is, is how much for a rifled liner for the gun?? is it afordable to build? is there anyone out there willing to try producing a few liners? for good prices?



if not then its a dead subject and we will keep with the 2.25 confederate, and pack parrot.


Rick bryan
3rd va co B
11434

[R. C. Hubbard Jr]

cannonmn

That would be Blakeley type 10.

It is the only small english rifled gun which could be adapted to the MT. How. carriage

Bob.

[barrett]

Apparently there's one at the Navy Yard- Barrett, 7th Va Infantry

http://www.cwartillery.org/ws-usny.html

National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery

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U.S. Navy Yard, Washington, DC

FOUNDRY REG# INSP FDY# YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
2.75-inch Whitworth breechloading rifle
Manchestr 46 61 6RH captured near Ft. Fisher
2.75-inch Whitworth muzzleloading rifle
Manchestr 115 63 6RH
2.9-inch (10-pounder) Confederate navy Parrott rifle
Tredegar 3RH with underloop
2.9-inch Blakely rifles, Ripley Type 10
unknown Quarters H
unknown Quarters H