Where to find Blackpowder Cannons and shooting supplies
Blackpowder Cannons and shooting supplies link list
The following links are not sponsors
A link list of suppliers of Cannons, cannon shooting supplies and materials for building your own gun, big and small taken from postings here on this board and found on the internet. These are not sponsors.
Links are active. Just click on any name and you will be taken to their website. Click on email address to send an email. This is not an endorsement just a list of resources.
If you find one of these links dead, please drop me a PM.
If you contact one of these companies, be sure and tell them you found them on GrayBeard's Blackpowder Mortar and Cannon Board.
Warning
Shooting cannons is not like shooting a big over sized muzzleloader. There is a completely different set of internal ballistics involved. Read up on cannon shooting before you acquire a cannon. Suggested reading is
THE MORE COMPLETE CANNONEER By M.C. Switlik with selected excerpts from other artillery manuals
The book is currently out of print. It has been scheduled for reprint. Check periodically with Switlik website for publication.
The Complete Cannoneer from Matt Switlik
Magazine
The Artilleryman
Historical Publications, Inc.
6175 Hickory Flat Hwy, Suite 110-355
Canton, GA 30115
Phone: 706-940-2673
e-Mail:
[email protected]
Published quarterly $25 per year
CAVEAT EMPTOR
Contact these sites for information about their products
before ordering. Dealers may not update their sites frequently. Dealers may list products that they no longer have and may have products not listed. It’s best to send them an email or make a phone call to inquire about what they have
before ordering. On large websites use the website’s search function to find what you are looking for or use your browser find function to search.
Do your research,
before you order. Query the Companies on
http://www.google.com . Use the Search function on GBO. Find out what is being said about the companies
before ordering.. Make sure you know who you are dealing with and where they are
before ordering.. Get contact information, including email address, business addresses, and telephone numbers,
before ordering.
Before you send money, communicate with the company. Ask about delivery dates, back order and stock availability. Lock down delivery dates. If possible, pay with a credit card or postal money order. Don’t send cash, grocery store money orders or cashiers checks. Keep records of every contact and transaction.
Keep in mind that a lot of these products are unique items. You won't find them at Wal-Mart. The items are often hand made by craftsmen who work out of their garage. These people often have a real job and work on these products in their spare time. It is time consuming and costly to set up and make these articles. Be patient.
I can not vouch for the reliability of any of these sites. You must deal with them with caution. I am only providing this list a resource.
All links in blue are hot, click on them.
Cannons and carriages
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South Bend Replica
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Steen Cannons
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Museum & Collector Specialties Company
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Paulsen Bros.
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Cannonsonline.com
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Dixie Gunworks
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RBG CANNONS
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Hern Iron Works
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Kansas Cannon Works Temporarily in active.
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Beaufort Naval Armorers
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Canadian Cannon Company Inc.
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The Cannon store
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Historical Ordnance Works
• Gunsmoke Cannons
[email protected]
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Brooks USA
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Landfall Navigation
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Clover Machine
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AAAmunitions
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Kenneshaw Cannon Company
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Antique Weapons Replicas - Prof. Osvaldo Gatto
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Paul Ambrose Antiques
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Website closedSeacoast Artillery Company
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Neff Cannon's
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Trail Rock Ordnance
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Mainmast Conservation
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Springfield Arsenal
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Big Bang Cannons
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The"Wood n' Iron" Gallery of Artist Michael Elledge
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Joe Salter
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Loyalist Arms and Repairs
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Miniature Cannon Technologies
Surplus Rifled Cannon Barrels
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Big Sky Surplus
Wheels
R & P Trading
Wooden Wagon Wheels How to make wheels
JAKE'S COUNTRY TRADING POST
Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop
Decorative Wheels UK
Wild West Living
Moscow Carriage
Amish Wares
Custom Wagon Wheels.
Cannon plans
Antique Ordnance Publishers
Jerry Howell 1779 24 PDR
Dixie Gunworks
Maryland Silver.com
Building 18th Century Naval Artillery
Wild Horse Books & Art
British Cannon Design 1600-1800
Cannon Sights
Chapman and Sons
[email protected]
Locks
Fuse
Cannon Fuse
Back Creek Gun Shop Winchester VA
Friction fuses
Back Creek Gun Shop Winchester VA
Phil “Boom Boom” Sieglein
5026 Mile Stretch Drive
Holiday, Fl. 34690
Phone between 9 am & 3 pm (727) – 934-4330
Yankem & Hyde Friction Primers
Jason Clagg, Owner
Rt. 2 Box 322
Ona, WV 25545
Phone: Cell; (304) 208-5508 Hm.; (304) – 762-2569
Slowmatch and chemicals
The Slow Match Web Site
Dixie Gunworks--Product # MI0201 Matchlock Fuse
Samsel--cotton rope
Knot and Rope-Cotton rope
HempBasics
Rawganique.com
Lead acetate
Cheap Chemicals
United Nuclear
Sky-lighter
Round cotton lamp wick
Quills (paper straws)
Back Creek Gun Shop Winchester VA
Instawares Artstraws
United Art
Powder
Schuetzen Powder LLC
Powder Inc --offers shipments in five pound lots
GOEXClick on distributors to find a supplier in your area
Maine Powder House
Crater
Back Creek Gun Shop Winchester VA
Graf's
Buffalo Arms
Powder vials and Container
Powder vials with cork
Powder vials
powder tubes
Ball moulds
JT Bullet moulds
Smoothbore Machine, G.E. Everitt
3900 Greentree Road
Stow, Ohio 44224
Ph. (330) 688-1556
Jim Mathisrud
3035 Salem Av SO
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Cannon balls for shooting
Paulsen Bros. --Click on Ammo
Jerry Wolberg
[email protected] 1 pdrs 1.75 dia. $80.00 for 40 rounds plus shipping and handling. 701-226-6124
Texas Metal
King Metals
SuperMagnet Man
Rotometals zinc popcan round balls
Implements
Dixie Gunworks
Large Casting Ladle
Barlows Tackle
Rowell Ladles at Advance Car Movers
Zinc suppliers (ZAMAK)
Eastern Alloys, INC.
Tekcast Industries
Allied metal Company
Budget Casting supplies
Rotometals
Semco Enterprises
Metal for building
Metal Express
Alro Metals
Metals Depot
Southern Tool Steel
Online Metals
Metal Shorts
INTERWEST METALS FLOYD EQUIPMENT
2208 PACIFIC HWY E
TACOMA, WA
98424-1013
Phone: 253-922-0200
Speedy metals
Hardware-Carriage Hardware, Bolts, Square nuts, Eyebolts
Bolt Depot
In stock fastners
Bosun Supplies
Hardware Source
Blacksmith Depot
Blacksmith Bolt & Rivet Supply
Godshalls
Springs
Le Springs
Lumber
Cincinnati Dowel and wood products
White Oak from Goby
Marine Hemp Rope
HempBasics
Rawganique.com
Turkey Foot
Brass-Bronze Blackening Chemicals
Caswell Plating
Brass, Bronze and Copper Patina's
Sculpt Noveau Patina's
Tooling
Round nose router bit list
Razor saw
Stamps fpr marking
The Schwerdtle Stamp Company
Videos
Books
The Complete Cannoneer from Matt Switlik
Guy Lautard --Machine operations books
Building 18th Century Naval Artillery
Arms and Arms collecting Booklist
Wheelwrighting a modern introduction
Clubs, Organizations and Associations
North-South Skirmish Association
BLUE AND GRAY SKIRMISH ASSOCIATION
Cannon Association of South Africa
MISC. links
Civil War Artillery page
Civil War Artillery Projectiles
The Forces of Montcalm & Wolfe
Worcester Norton Shooting Club
National Cannon Association of Great Britain
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