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Nereidalbel · 11-07-2016, 02:49 AM

Any time one uses welding and boring over casting for economic purposes, it is safe to assume it's material costs that make the difference.

If you have that much bronze readily available for cheap, along with the masses of unskilled laborers, you can get to work on four types of molds for bronze casting on a large scale. Make one mold for your muskets, one for blunderbusses, one for pistols, and one for cannons.

Since gun barrel production will probably exceed the rate at which stocks and firing mechanisms can be made, putting some effort into cannons is probably not a bad idea. After all, I'm sure the navy wouldn't mind a few. That, and the effect a cannonball has when fired through a mass of infantry.

11-07-2016, 02:49 AM	#272
Nereidalbel Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ellicott City, MD	Re: Emerging smokepowder weapons in my fantasy Any time one uses welding and boring over casting for economic purposes, it is safe to assume it's material costs that make the difference. If you have that much bronze readily available for cheap, along with the masses of unskilled laborers, you can get to work on four types of molds for bronze casting on a large scale. Make one mold for your muskets, one for blunderbusses, one for pistols, and one for cannons. Since gun barrel production will probably exceed the rate at which stocks and firing mechanisms can be made, putting some effort into cannons is probably not a bad idea. After all, I'm sure the navy wouldn't mind a few. That, and the effect a cannonball has when fired through a mass of infantry.