Ames 3 or 4 Pounder

[rampa_room_artillery]

I am looking for plans and or dimensions of the Ames 3 or 4 Pounder,
I am looking at buying some large round stock of 6 and 6.5 OD need to know the correct size.

rick bryan
3rd va co B
11434

[tonyb]

Maybe find something here:

Pictures
http://www.steencannons.com/Thumbnails/Ames/index.htm#

Main site
http://www.steencannons.com/

[rampa_room_artillery]

yes I have seen that, thats where i got the idea, I guess I just need to email them to get the plans.

[cannonmn]

Here are some notes taken in the Smithsonian's History and Technology Building on November 22, 1986, from the Ames 3-pounder that they have since lost:

Marks: Breechface, lower: 278 (weight)

Left trunnion: 1853

Right trunnion: Ames Co., Founders, Chicopee, Mass

Bore Dia: 3 in.

Trunnion dia: 2 3/4 in.

Mark on upper muzzle face: 116 (hard to read)

Mark on lower muzzle face: Two letters, illegible

No marks on top of tube

Vent was bouched with wrought copper as in a US military piece


Other measurements:

Trunnion rear to basering rear: 15 "
Length bet. rimbases: 6 15/16"
Trunnion Length: 2 1/4 "
Tube length, muzzle face to basering rear: 38 1/8 "
Basering circumference: 24 in. (7.64 in. dia.)
Breech ahead of basering: 21.5" circumf.
Tube length overall incl. knob: 42 1/4"

This is one of the smaller variations of the Ames 3-pounder. I found a significantly larger, heavier one in a private collection.

[rampa_room_artillery]

Is the ames 3 lb gun a approved gun for the n-ssa??
if so could it keep up with the bigger boys?

rick bryan
3rd va co B
11434