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Gun Information
 
Type of Gun: RML 64 Pounder (Converted)
Serial Number: 704
Date of Manufacture: 1872
Manufacturer: RGF
Calibre: 178 mm - 7 inch
Weight of Projectile: 29 kg - 64 lb
Range: 3500 yards
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Historical Specifics:

16 of these guns are recorded as being in the Sydney Ordnance Store in the 1901 Report but no record indicates they were mounted in Defence of NSW. Although not originally included in the 1905 disposal of obsolete smooth bore guns these rifled breech loading guns were added to the list. Four listed in the 1901 Report indicate they came from the Royal Navy. They had been used on the Wolverine for training the Naval Brigade. This is one of those four guns .

General Information on Gun Type:

The RML gun is a step in the evolution of artillery. In 1859 William Armstrong introduced the rifled breech loading gun. This gun was a major break through from the smooth bore guns which it was designed to replace. Loading from the breech (rear) was safer for the gunners and cylindrical shell and rifling in the barrel produced a more accurate gun firing to a greater range. The Armstrong guns were far from popular with the gunner community and a number of incidents resulted in it being superseded with the older muzzle loading guns but the rifling and cylindrical shell being retained. New guns were produced but as there were a large number of smooth bore muzzle loading guns still available, Sir William Pallister devised a method of converting these guns by boring out the cast iron guns to form a casing, and then inserting a coiled wrought iron barrel, kept in position by an iron collar and screw plug. The successful system was adopted in 1863. To differentiate between the guns the converted guns were classified as RML (Rifled muzzle loading) and the new guns as MLR (Muzzle Loading Rifled). The term RML is now the commonly used name to identify all these guns.

Over 2000 converted guns were made. There were two patterns of 64 pounder converted guns. The 64 pounder of 71 cwt which were converted from the 8 inch shell gun, and the 64 pounder of 58 cwt converted from the SBML 32 pounder.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
         
 

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