Posted by Ian Beale on January 19, 2018 at 21:18:13 from (116.250.208.34):
In Reply to: Re: Trivia questions posted by graham of New Zealand on January 19, 2018 at 20:24:22:
The one with tracks should have been labeled a Fowler. A near neighbour has one in his shed. Same power unit as a Field Marshall. Another local who worked on them says the tracks are D4.
Re starting. Recommended start was a cartridge and a saltpetre wick. There is a thread around the flywheel. You turned the flywheel to the "just so" position, put the decompressor wheel on the specified number of tracks of the thread (might have been something like 2 IIRC) and set the throttle. Inserted cartridge and the lighted wick. Then hit the firing pin with a hammer. And if all was well it should leap to life - literally. The cartridges were potent, were 12 ga size and had severe warnings to not use in a shotgun.
Another story is about the bloke who was out of cartridges so used a standard 12 ga - with the lead still in.
IIRC the crank was thicker than any other I've ever seen, was long enough for 2 men to use and warning was you could kill yourself if you tried it with only 1.
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