Customer's photos of Cannons made using our cannon wheels

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HOLLY LAKE RANCH, TX
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Our cannons wheels are used for landscaping, yard art and as decorative pieces outside the house.

The City of Bridgeport, TN ordered a set of full scale civil war era cannon wheels - 57" size in 2023. They needed to replace the existing crumbling ones.

Bob provided us with photos. Thank you, Bob. He said; "Love them. They did a great job, their beautiful, great craftsmenship. Thank you."

One of our customers sent us a photo of the cannon that he fabricated. He did not us our cannon wheels but rather a pair of our heavy duty wagon wheels.

It looks great to me.

Craig Luedtke, of Illinois, fabricated this cannon using out 20" cannon wheels. It's a good looking cannon. He did an awesome job.

Steve, of FL used our med duty wagon wheels for his cannon.

Steve said: "Hi Pam, included are two photos of the cannon I built using your wheels. I bought the 1" bore cannon barrel and built the carriage myself, it's been fired several times and makes for a great time.

I had difficulty in finding good wheels for this project until I found your website, these worked perfectly and look great.
PS, if you use these on your website please just use my first name, Thanks ! Steve."

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Doug Powell, of Texas provided these photos.

He did not use our "cannon wheels", but instead he used our 36" Heavy duty 2" rim wagon wheels. Accomplished the same thing, though.

.And the story behind tt; A few years ago, I refurbished a gun belonging to the Sons of the Republic of Texas., The gun named Rolling Thunder (RT), a half scale 6 lb new york style gun.

The owner saw RT demonstrated at a reenactment shoot and asked who had done their gun and they gave him my name..

He had acquired this gun while he was stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan and called me up to see if I was interested in restoring it. I was elated at the opportunity and promised the gun in six months. Little did I know, trying to get information or drawings of the gun from the Brits would be akin to teaching a dog to not lick his nether regions.

A year later, I gave up on the Brits and after consulting with the owner, decided to make a functional but not 100% correct replication. This project has been two years in the making.

The elevation mechanism, trunnion caps, axle, sights and other particulars were fabricated and forged according to photographs I could find on the web. The wheels, provided by RP Trading, do not match the original Archibald style but they look good and for no more use than what they will be subjected to, they will be plenty stout.

Melvin Pope of North Carolina purchased our 24" cannon wheels in December, to fabricate this simple cannon. It came our clean looking.

Dennis Miner, of California, Used our heavy duty wooden hub wagon wheels wit ba 2: wide rim/tire in the fabrication of this cannon.

Grahm Heramn, of Arkansas provided photos of the 1/3 scale cannon that he made using our 20" cannon wheels. He said the following: "Here they are, its for a 1/3 scale 1841 6 pounder, they were great by the way and ya'll beat the price of your competitors that was the key factor. The quality is amazing and I will use again in the future if I decide to take another project on! Thanks again! Let me know if they make it onto your site so I can check it out.
Thanks,
Graham "

kyle keeler, of Oklahoma, Purchased a pair of our 30" cannon wheels. (1/2 scale), Unfortunately he did not say what exact kind of cannon he made (It must use a fair amount of black powder..

Neil Olson, of Wisconsin, provided photos, below, of his cannon project that he used our cannon wheels for.

We received a nice email from Neil - "Ron,
No I'll have to keep it in the gun room, even though it has an oil finish on it, there's 30 inches of snow on the ground now and would cover those beautiful wheels. I will keep you in mind, every carriage needs a limber and I may build one. I have a nephew who breeds miniature horses and I think they are about 1/3 scale just like the cannon. I'll send a few more pics when it's complete and the grass is green.

Neil"

The oil finish that Neil used did do a fine job giving the cannon aged look about it.

Chuck Wallace, with the "South Carolina Company of Historical Re-Enactors", ("http://www.schr.org ") was kind enough to provide this picture of a project that they used our stock cannon wheels for. Below is some information from them. Pay their site a visit... Thanks much

"You may use the photo on your web site if you wish. The barrel is a 3 pounder and the carriage is Revolutionary War. We will use them in re-enactments and at ceremories at various historic sites."

"We also put on living history days for various elementary schools and student groups."

"We re-enact the 4th South Carolina Regiment here in South Caroline. We also do Marion's Militia and will use the new gun while re-creating that unit as well. The new carriage will greatly enhance our rev. war inpression."

"Thanks, Chuck Wallace"
Chuck.

Bob Packards cannon with R & P Tradings cannon wheels.

Pictures right below provided by Bob Packard, of Chester, NH, who used our 30" cannon wheels on this cannon.

Cannon made with R & P Tradins cannon wheels

This cannon, made with our stock cannon wheels, was provided by a customer who neglected to give us his name.... We do appreciate the pics.

Cannon made with R & P Tradins cannon wheels 1

The pictures, (below), are of the same cannon as just above with the exception that the customer at a later time ordered additional cannon wheels to fabricate the Limber"/"Caisson" attached to the cannon.

R & P Tradings cannon wheels on a cannon

R & P Tradings cannon wheels on a cannons

Photo, (below), are from Charles Federle of Louisiana. This is essentially a 1/2 scale - using our stock 30" Cannon Wheels swivel type. He used our 30" cannon wheels.

Jules Martino, of Silverton OR. has fabricated several cannons and limbers from our cannon wheels and these are additional photographs of some of them.

Jules Martino, of Silverton OR. has fabricated several cannons and limbers from our cannon wheels and these are additional photographs of some of them.

Pictures, (right below), provided by Bob Packard, of Chester, NH, who used our 30" cannon wheels on this cannon.

This cannon was built by Trey Norton of Brookhaven Ms. Scratch built + - 1 / 3.5 scale #1 cannon carriage and limber. Fully functional. Carriage trail, cheeks and axle box are of laminate wood. Limber frame is mohogany with ply ammunition box. All metal parts are of brass, copper or steel. 15" cannon wheels from R&P trading. Eight months build time.

Bob Groth of Maryland provided pick of hit project that he used our custom 16" cannon wheels with a 1.25" rim width, with proportionate dish, for. You will see he used his carriage for his Napoleon barrel as well as a gatling gun. Spec's on cannon below. 16” cannon wheels. NAPOLEAN: Barrel 24" long, and 3.25" in diameter; Axle is 22.75"long and .875" diameter. The wooden hubs on the 16" wheels were 3.75 wide and 2" narrow end diameter with 7/8" hub hole per his request. Weight of barrel, carriage and fittings 55 pounds

Tom Fink, of Missouri, builds functional cannons for sale using our cannon wheels, and provided the shots below of a cannon he sold on EBAY.

It is a half scale cannon with our 30" cannon wheels.