6 pdr drag ropes

[rob love]

6 pdr ropes that I have seen are a thinner rope. We have NOS one at work less the chain and hooks. I believe we have a complete one in the main museum on our 6 pdr.

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hi Rob,

Would you be able to take some dimensions and photos?

Cheers,

[tankbarrell]

Looking at photos in Doug Knights book, the situation is illustrated very well.
The cover shows long hooks on the shield and a picture on page three shows the same gun with standard ropes fitted and they certainly fill the hooks.
Page five shows a gun with short hooks and ropes that are clearly much thinner in section. The hooks look smaller too.
Photos and measurements of a known to be correct rope would solve the issue... Rob?

[rob love]

I'll get some this week when I'm back at work.

[kevin powles]

Adrian, these ones at $130 each in Australia, are they correct ? Postage was expensive when I enquired, but if we split the cost if Marc needs a set.

Kevin.

[rob love]

I just brought in a pair of them myself. They are the 25pdr size, although did someone mention he also had the smaller size? There were a few differences form the drag ropes I see around here, such as the design of the hooks, but in the end, 99.9% of the people who will see them will not know or care about the difference. By the time I got the pair here, they were just under $450 Cdn but I had them within a week of ordering.

[tankbarrell]

It's Rod Bellars who has both types. Tims are good value but as those are fairly common over here, the shipping kills it.
I don't know what Rod wants for his, I doubt I could afford it.