Bytown Gunners restore a 17 pounder ATk Gun

[Gunner]

Hi Guys: Thanks for the kind words... to reply to some of the questions:

Robin: I've been having some problems with photos as well. I ended up downloading a malware cleaner and resetting the defaults on my browser to kill the nasty thing that was making a mess of my computer.

Terry: Major General, Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, KCMG, CB, DSO was a hero of the Boer War, John McCrae's boss and best friend and Commander of all the British Empire's Heavy Artillery on the Western Front. He mentored another famous Gunner who rose to greater fame in the Second World War- Gen AGL (Andy) McNaughton. See http://www.rcamuseum.com/English/Gre...s/morrison.htm

Frank, Rob and Gilles: I agree that we have to minimize the risk as much as we can so I had the work done at a professional tire shop that specializes in heavy truck work. They did a great job getting the rebuilt rims and the US tires to mate. I am confident we have struck the right combination.

Rob's point about his bent locking ring begs the question; why are the artillery wheels different from the truck rims? We have nice, safe bolt together rims for our CMP trucks (which was specified by British milspec of the day) yet the 25 pounder, 17 pounder and the trailers (limbers) were fitted with a less reliable and inherently less safe split ring rims! Interesting that the truck rims fit both guns no problem and that the Quad Polsten was fitted with CMP truck rims versus artillery rims!

Alas, tomorrow night I have to do h'occifer stuff and go to a conference downtown so the gang will be in the highly capable hands of CWO Normand Roberge and Mr Gnr Robinson.

More to follow next week!

Ubique! Mike