Full cannon parts

I want to start a Big gun club instead of a small gun. Instead of buying a ship from battlers connection... I would like to buy a full ship and then fill the turrets with the origina amount of cannons. But what parts do i need to make an entire cannon from battlersconnection?

 

Most big-gunners here use the Indiana/BDE type of cannon. All depends on what you can get/build.....

 

Indiana cannons are the standard for big gun combat, not the piston interrupter cannons used by fast gun clubs. Indiana cannons can rotate and are easily adjusted to fire the different calibers of shot used in big gun. Piston interrupters are designed to fire a single caliber, rapidly, and are difficult to rotate.

The best source of them is BDE (www.bderc.com). If you have a good machine lathe and mill, you can make your own Indiana cannons. You just need some solid PVC cylinders, PVC pipe, a buna ball, and several other parts. However, BDE make high-quality cannons, and I would highly recommend them to anyone just starting out.

You can look at some of the construction photos on the WWCC website to get an idea how most big gun ships are put together.

A good example of a big gun ship:
http://www.westernwarshipcombat.com/gallery/album35?page=1

some odd Indiana style cannons, either meant to fit in less space than standard cannon, tandem cannons (two magazines and one valve), low profile cannons, or fixed cannons (unable to rotate):
http://www.westernwarshipcombat.com/gallery/album16

A good series of construction photos:
http://www.westernwarshipcombat.com/gallery/dseibel?page=1

Just curious, but why did you choose big gun? Big Gun is by far the best (of course, because I do it!), but do you have any other reasons? []

 

I personlay like it because of the fact that cannons are limited to original design, Turrets can rotate and elevate, and because of the multiple Ammunition...