I'm sorry if this is off topic for this forum, but I built this reproduction 1862 Parrot rifle a couple of months ago and I just wanted to show it off somewhere.  It weighs 620 pounds and is 6' long.  It is not rifled - I just couldn't figure out how to do that with the tools I had available.   I haven't begun the carriage yet so it's just laying on the floor in my machine shed, however it will be a genuine shooter, not just a display piece.   The only thing I did not do myself was to machine the radius on the trunnions where they fit the barrel.  Other than that, it's all my work.  It would take more time than I have to explain how it was built, but it will be safe to shoot I assure you.

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     Hey Mr. Powderhead . . . read (Power-Head)

            At Creedmoor, we shoot L O N G range and I often thought about stretching the rules a bit to accommodate more distance . . . but you've gone a bit overboard ! !   

            By the way, from the background, it looks as if this little project was done on "government time".  ( Did I get that point right ? )

P. S. What did the ATF / Homeland Security folks have to say about it; or haven't you asked ?             

Yes, this was certainly a government job!!  I did this during the last month of my employment with that company.  After 36 years, I retired!!
I always joked that I worked in the "defense department" because of all the other do-dads I built there. I had a great supervisor that let me do what I wanted as long as I got his work done first.   
As far as the ATF goes, you don't need their approval for something like this.

I have been longing for a real cannon for years. Neat toy. Wish I had the talent and equipment avilable to do something like that.

You have got to figure out how to rifle that gun!  A Parrot needs to shoot conical shot and shell.  Round shot just wouldn't be right.

Jerry Liles
ex Redleg

If you're going to do another smoothbore, build it to shoot bowling balls!

David

Maybe you could make a rifled liner.