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7th January 2011, 12:40 AM
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Famous handgonne from Tabor
I want to share my photos of one of my favorite handgonnes - famous handgonne from Tabor. Barrel is cylidrical (not conical). Total length is 420 mm. Calibre is 20 mm (Many sites says that calibre is 17-18mm but it is wrong. My own measurements and measurements of Makovskaya says that calibre is 20 mm). I will share my plans of this later
 I am working on it now.
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7th January 2011, 12:41 AM
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7th January 2011, 05:21 PM
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Oh yes, Alexander,
For freaks like us this is a beauty indeed; for most 'normal' folks out there it would be nothing but a mere crude piece of rusted iron ...  I would like to add that this is one of the very rare little tiller 'pipe' guns (Pfeifenbüchsen) that were very popular in around 1430, during the Czech Hussite Wars. As I pointed out in an earlier thread this one is about contemporary with the well known but wrongly dated Tannenbergbüchse which by no means is of ca. 1390. Best, Michael |
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7th January 2011, 07:12 PM
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7th January 2011, 08:08 PM
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Thank You for full comment, Michael!
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20th September 2014, 03:03 PM
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Here is our free reconstruction of the Tabor-gonne. It has a barrel length of 410 mm a bore of 270 mm and a calibre of 18 mm. The total length with wooden stock is 192 cm. It is officially proof tested for shooting salute with a powder load of 20 g blackpowder by German authorities. Contrary to the original it has a funnel shaped muzzle. The piece is made from a modern steel on a CNC-grinding machine and secondary hand forged for the outer shape. .... And it is very, verry loud ...
 Spiridonov: May I use one of your photos of the original on our hompeage? |
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20th September 2014, 05:41 PM
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