Neophyte needs wisdom re: 25 pounder gun refurb

[tankbarrell]

Breech rings were not always bare metal. Period pics of all Q.F. artillery seem to show painted and unpainted in roughly equal measure. The manuals state that everything is painted except the working surfaces, this suggests that the outside of the ring should be painted.

[Dan Johnston]

Necrothread arise!

Duly noted re paint/no point on the breech ring. We're hoping to go forward with a naked breech ring almost purely because we think it looks flash.

We've entered into the project wholeheartedly and have taken on a second gun, this one from a sister battery in Red Deer, AB. She is largely non-restorable, but we're learning a lot about the breed and will return her to her plinth in much better cosmetic condition than we found her. We also hope to weatherproof her as best we can.

Pics as they come available.

Dan

[James P]

Dan
Glad to see you are still on this project and posting again. Try, try, try to keep your gun indoors or someone 20-30 years down the road will be following in your footsteps and working to "undo" the ravages of mother nature.

[Dan Johnston]

Hey, James.

With any luck the lads in Red Deer can establish some sort of covering for the poor old girl. Weather is profoundly unkind to these things.

The rust we're finding is heartbreaking.