M1857 12 Pound Bronze Napoleon Civil War Reenacting

Out at the range with Battery I's 12 Pound Bronze Napoleon.
The M1857 12-pounder Napoleon or Light 12-pounder gun or 12-pounder gun-howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading artillery piece that was adopted by the United States Army in 1857 and extensively employed in the American Civil War.
Type: Smooth Bore Gun-Howitzer
Barrel Material: Solid Cast Gun Bronze
Manufacturer: Ames Foundry, Chicopee Mass.
calibre: 12 pounder, 4.65inch
Range: Max 1.5 miles, Effective 0-1500 Yards
Types of Shot: Solid Shot, Timed Fuze (Cased and Shell), Canister
Max Rate of Fire: 3 shots per Minute

[@Batteryi]

The King of Battle

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

At a public gun range with @Batteryi firing the group original 1864 Napoleon. Sending you a personal invite, pards, to follow our adventures on the field on this channel at facebook.com/1St.Minn.Sharpshooters

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

Uh oh....looks like that Amos Miller case has the Amish rethinking the whole pacifist thing.

[@31stvirginia]

Nice video man. Liked!

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

thanks pard!

[@30thVirginiaSharpshooterBn]

Yessss!!!

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

thanks pard!

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

I was on an NPS gun crew years ago. We pulled the lanyard down and behind us while turned away.

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

each gun crew or group does have a different method and what you described above would be safer (for the lanyard flying back at you). I imagine that the park services put emphasis on safety. THANKS pard for the comment --LT

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

@@1stminnsharpshooters341 I forget what ordnance manual we were going by, but we were doing living history, so no modern eye pro. Explains it.
Fine looking piece. TLC as it should be.

[@tomhenry897]

Interesting the Amish came by

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

I though the same pard .. I'm not familiar with the Amish stance on firearms.

[@Squib1911]

A little artillery to go with my mornin' coffee.

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

Glad you enjoy it pard …. As you can see we had some fun at this 3 day event

[@fermoer3814]

Wasting powder……
Put in a canon ball for real fun!

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

you are correct... this video is for you Life fire of the Battery's 10 pound Parrott rifled guns - distances is about 900 yards. th-cam.com/video/i7x3VxW0uGw/w-d-xo.html

[@sgtstedanko7186]

If you're a PC gamer you should try War of Rights

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

I’ve heard this is a great game and I’ve seen some relistic video of it but never played it

[@AmericanFurCo]

Great vid!

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

such a fun time at this event ... shooting blanks of course from the cannon. BTW I subscribed to your newly created American Fur Company channel .. . starting a fire with flint and steel is a bit hard core.