31488 - M1841 6 Pound Bronze Field Gun First Legion-American Revolution The smoke is passed through

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These new caps were leather replacing the earlier felt models and were almost identical in style to those adopted by the British Army in 1812

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31488 - M1841 6 Pound Bronze Field Gun First Legion-American Revolution The smoke is passed throughNEW! IN STOCK! M1841 6 Pound Bronze Field Gun The M1841 6 Pound Gun was a smoothbore muzzle loading cannon, adopted by the United States Army in 1841. It was produced in two different types of metal: iron or bronze. Bronze guns, if fired too rapidly, would overheat and warp. Iron cannons did not warp from overheating but cast iron was more brittle and heavier than bronze. These guns were first used in the Mexican American War and could fire a 6. 1