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Michael Mercier




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PostPosted: Thu 18 Jan, 2007 3:53 pm    Post subject: my replica gonne...in progress         Reply with quote

About a week ago I had decided that I wanted a 14th or 15th century gonne for the 2007 reenactment season. My only issue was that I am on a tight budget and realistically wouldnt be able to purchase one. Thats why I spent some time researching them and came up with a design loosely based on some pieces I had seen in some books although it's a later design than I originally wanted. The attached photo is my progress so far.

The stock is cherry polished smooth down to 500 grit paper with a "red mahogany" stain. The barrel is hex and has been blued. The notch on the bottom (where one would set the gonne on a shield, of when behind cover) has blued steel to protect the wood.

The only thing that I need to do is route a 3 sided trough for the barrel to sit in and make the 2 retaining straps as simulated in the picture.

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PostPosted: Thu 18 Jan, 2007 4:48 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thats very nice Mike, great work!

Thats a pretty sweet gonne,
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PostPosted: Fri 19 Jan, 2007 4:46 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

VEry, very nice. I like the looks of the wood. The color is very beautiful.

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PostPosted: Fri 19 Jan, 2007 6:15 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Could you share a picture of the orginal
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PostPosted: Fri 19 Jan, 2007 6:33 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Michael;

Looks good for the very early 14th century ones and maybe early to mid 15th although I'm not sure when these were basically replaces by true archebuse i.e. the duration of overlap were these were still used as well the the pole mounted ones and the very early hackbutts ?

Well, actually with a shelf to hook over a wall or in the notches of a pavise type shield I guess it's a for of hackbutt.

It does look like a small bore version though ? Some of these early one could be the size of very small artillery pieces with a
2.5 cm to maybe 5 cm or more bore or close to half to one pounders in shot weight.

Smaller pistol calibre ones are as credible for a reproduction but I wonder how you choose the calibre.

In any case even with a simple and period " crude style " stock a well figured wood nicely polished with a linseed oil finish is something I have a soft spot for.

Bottom line: Questions aside ( curiosity not criticism ) it's really cool. Cool

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PostPosted: Fri 19 Jan, 2007 8:05 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I think this type of firearm remained in use most of the 15th century. There are MS illustrations with ones similar from after 1450 That come to mind.

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PostPosted: Fri 19 Jan, 2007 8:45 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Michal Plezia wrote:
Could you share a picture of the orginal


Here you go Michal. It is loosly based on the #1 on top, but has 2 straps like the #2.


Jean Thibodeau wrote:
It does look like a small bore version though? Some of these early one could be the size of very small artillery pieces with a 2.5 cm to maybe 5 cm or more bore or close to half to one pounders in shot weight.


It is a 50 caliber bore, so I wouldn't say its necessarly "small"

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PostPosted: Fri 19 Jan, 2007 1:13 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Mike,

Is that the wagner book?

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Michael Mercier




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PostPosted: Fri 19 Jan, 2007 2:11 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

It is apparently Drobna's "Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons" A Czech book from the 50's

The pages can be found at http://www.handgonnes.com/id75.html


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