Ottoman Artillery

[Paul]

OK so you use the mallet to knock the quoin in and lower the trajectory. What do you do if you need to suddenly increase the trajectory? There's no handle or ring to pull it back

That´s what the handspikes were for, both to move the carriage and to lift the breech of the gun so that the elevating quoin or screw might be adjusted .
As far as I remember, some of the guns on the HMS Victory had (have) quoins without handles/rings.

Maybe some sort of correlation with gun size, the bigger the gun =Need to hammer the quoin so the quoin can´t have a handle/ring (?)

Hang on! In that clip they knocked the quoin in and the trajectory went up Errrrrrm! ooooooops!

That is a bit odd eh?

[Paul]

I´ve watched it again and there´s something different (or entirely incorrect) to the usual way a quoin would be used..ie; hammering it Forward, with the quoin under the breech, would lower the muzzle. In the film, the quoin is nowhere near the breech but under the support for the Serpentine style arms. I can´t imagine how, or if that would ever work to raise the barrel by bashing the quoin forwards..and if it was possible, it seems a bit long winded. ..



Still, we now know what the mallet is for

[FredG]

I don-t know about hammer, but I do know that guns need to be cooled after some use, because it will explode if it reach critical temperature...

Barrel droop was a common problem during prolonged use.

[Marvin]

Still, we now know what the mallet is for

Thanks for that video, I have learnt something today (although the fine details need to be taken with a pinch of salt).

We can now all sleep soundly in our beds once again.

[Rich W]

All looks really good Marvin-top job!