292 photos of cannon models in French museums

M ELEY · 3rd March 2012, 10:34 AM

Awesome photos. Do any of your contacts on that other site have any pics of munitions, specifically barshot? I'm told the French were the only country that had barshot that looked like a dumbell, round cannon balls with a round bar connecting (vs the classic square bar of the Brit/Amer pieces and Span barshot rounded bar, but ends shaped like wedges vs cannon balls)

cannonmn · 3rd March 2012, 01:45 PM

Mr. E, I think last time we talked about bar shot was near the end of the Gettysburg "snow show." Anyway, here's Michael's extensive thread with more types of unusual projectiles than I've ever seen anywhere else:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=grape+shot

BTW, I am not sure all of the items pictured are legitimate cannon shot. Some of the "double-ended" shot look more like simple dumb bells to me, so I would not necessarily accept their mere presence on some museum's website as proof that they are authentic bar shot.

3rd March 2012, 10:34 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	Awesome photos. Do any of your contacts on that other site have any pics of munitions, specifically barshot? I'm told the French were the only country that had barshot that looked like a dumbell, round cannon balls with a round bar connecting (vs the classic square bar of the Brit/Amer pieces and Span barshot rounded bar, but ends shaped like wedges vs cannon balls)

3rd March 2012, 01:45 PM	#2
cannonmn Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 161	Mr. E, I think last time we talked about bar shot was near the end of the Gettysburg "snow show." Anyway, here's Michael's extensive thread with more types of unusual projectiles than I've ever seen anywhere else: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=grape+shot BTW, I am not sure all of the items pictured are legitimate cannon shot. Some of the "double-ended" shot look more like simple dumb bells to me, so I would not necessarily accept their mere presence on some museum's website as proof that they are authentic bar shot.