stevenea0038 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hi Team We have approached Gosport and looking for other leads re the history of each barrel of a twin 4.5 set up. Also missing the brass collars and clamps for the carriage and a firing pin. Manuals would be helpful to. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 This is a 4.5" Mk.6? Can I ask why you're interested? A frigate in the back garden perhaps? :-) Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenea0038 Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 A friends now owns a twin and he is currently doing it up. It was missing one firing pin and two brass collars for the carriage unit. We have discovered that each barrel would have its own history card and so we are also hoping to trace and follow their working life and see how they became paired together. He will use it for displays in the future - using black powder I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 That's going to be a fun job cleaning it afterwards then! :-D Best way I've seen is to machine out a shell case and mount 12 bore blanks where the primer should be, very satisfing bang, litlle cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 That's going to be a fun job cleaning it afterwards then! :-D Best way I've seen is to machine out a shell case and mount 12 bore blanks where the primer should be, very satisfing bang, litlle cleaning. That's what they do with the 5 inch guns on HMS Belfast. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Didn't know that. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John H Dale Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hi wish you luck with your project , I'm in the middle of a similar one restoring a twin set of 4 inch Mk 16 guns . I am told that the gun logs are in deep storage at Hampshire C C offices somewhere and are not accessible at the moment .can I suggest we join forces on persuading them to allow us to access these . i would be interested in how your restoration is going please drop me a line kind regards John Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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