Gunlock (Percussion) on a Dummy Breech or a 30-Pounder Cannon, Percussion lock on wooden breech of a 30-pound cannon. The lock plate is mounted on the right-hand side against the lock elevation with two bolts through it, and two screws in the breech. The hammer rotates at a right angle to the barrel. The head of the hammer has a slot for the flame from the sun hole when fired. A hole for the pull-off rope is provided in the shaft, a disk in the lock plate through which the rope is guided backwards. The wooden breech is that of a short iron cannon of 30 pounds, Dutch model., Rijkswerf Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1836, wood (plant material), iron (metal), brass (alloy), h 19 cm × w 44.8 cm × d 28 cm
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