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Old 07-02-2012, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ct ertz View Post
That is a good point. I have seen some large guns with a pivot attched to the caraige that is lowered into a socket for pivoting. You have to do something to get the rear section off the rail and something way to attach the front to the rail to wing it around. Some sort of attached pivot and/or dolly wheels be wise.

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On that, they could have used the same mechanism as on caravans. That system uses simple cogs and wormwheels that could easily be made in that period. Just don't know what it is called, sorry!
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