Organ Guns

[Stuart]

Organ guns, discuss.

I've got myself a couple of the rather lovely Hinchcliffe models and I'm wondering what crew to add, so;

I'm thinking 2 or 3 crew but what would this comprise in addition to the master gunner?

The guns I have are banks of arquebus barrels in rows so in guessing they were loaded in the same manner so an assistant may have a mallet, powder horn or small ramrod?

I also want to add some sort of box and small bore shot in a basket or bags, are there any good manufacturers of various boxes?

On a general note, did each barrel have a touch hole or could a row be ignited as one?

General organ gun chat welcome

Cheers

Stuart

[painterman]

Good news re your organ..
Re baskets try Bicorne miniatures
. Think they do a wicker basket which has small spheres in it - maybe fruit but I used them as small lead shot.
Simon

[Furt]

Front Rank does these bits under their Medieval Equipment range



http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/medieval/medieval-equipment/

[HerbyF]

I have an organ gun for my Tudor army. I have 3 crew, a master & two assistants.

[FierceKitty]

Slight hijack - what about a real organ to go with crusading armies? Those who share my fondness for Alexander Nevski will know what I'm getting at.

[Von Trinkenessen]

TAG do some nice small calibre artillery tools in their renaissance range, I use them for my light guns and hackbutts.

[Jericho]

This video has some nifty things to say about Ribauldequins.



This book speaks of a twelve barreled organ gun which could be fired in volleys of three.

https://books.google.be/books?id=nPg6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26&lpg=PT26&dq=ribauldequin+crew&source=bl&ots=gNyDrTOVOQ&sig=mLJb-SO3zERUAi7AP7bEFlVkydg&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit3-2RicnOAhVMfxoKHaR3D_4Q6AEILzAC#v=onepage&q=ribauldequin%20crew&f=false

As for crew, three men seem good enough to operate it. And since it's more lightweight in operation than other contemporary cannons maybe even a two man crew could suffice.

[Stuart]

Perfect, thanks very much !

[fastolfrus]

I had a friend who made one (for ECW re-enactment).
He used 10 musket barrels on a frame with a pair of wheels.
Loading was just the same as loading 10 muskets, but the touch hole was a small slim trough, so if you put powder all the way along you could fire a volley, or if you just primed each barrel you could fire individual shots.

His main problem was the local police who thought it should be classed as a semi-automatic (and as such would need a firearms licence rather than shotgun), but he pointed out that although it could be fired as a 10 shot semi-automatic, reload time was about 4 minutes, so he was unlikely to run amok with it.

[Rotorcraft]

I donīt know if itīs too Fantasy-ish for your modeling style but perhaps these bits could be useful for these bags and boxes that you are looking for.



https://www.ristulsmarket.com/175-food-supplies-basing-kit.html

Regards.