This is an odd ad!

Rob Fast · #1 09-08-16, 11:18

I hope this all works out. Oh, and keep your eye open for the limbers that might in the neighbours backyard being used to store paint cans. I need one. Cheers Rob Fast

rob love · #2 09-08-16, 12:35

Oh I wil Rob.

There would appear to be more 25pdrs in that neck of the woods. Here is another of the poster's ads from the same region; note the lawn ornament: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-maison-a-loue...ationFlag=true

Wayne Hingley · #3 09-08-16, 15:04

Very nice Rob. Im sure the 25 pounders will enjoy their new home in Friendly Manitoba. That's a heck of a road trip (2500km each way)!

rob love · #4 09-08-16, 15:23

Thanks Wayne

A guy has to do what a guy has to do. I may end up asking for someone in the Ottawa area to stash one of them for a bit (calling Bob and the gang)......I can pick the first one up, stash it in Ottawa, head back for the second and run it home, then retrieve the first one at my leisure.

Peter Duggan · #5 09-08-16, 15:37

Rob,

Congratulations !! While I have no interest in owning an artillery piece, I was quite disturbed by this story and had approached my Minister of Finance to try and save them. Here's hoping that they were manufactured in Sorel, QC, true Canadian veterans.
I'm confident that the Hammond gang will provide the storage space, if not, please consider Cherry Valley as an option.

Peter

Clive Prothero-Brooks · #6 09-08-16, 15:47

There is a photo of the data plate and it is a SIL.

maple_leaf_eh · #7 09-08-16, 16:40

To all the collectors out there, this thread and MLU as a community are looking out for each other. Glad to help!

maple_leaf_eh · #8 09-08-16, 16:44

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Originally Posted by rob love

Thanks Wayne

A guy has to do what a guy has to do. I may end up asking for someone in the Ottawa area to stash one of them for a bit (calling Bob and the gang)......I can pick the first one up, stash it in Ottawa, head back for the second and run it home, then retrieve the first one at my leisure.

I know there is space in the Ragweed Ranch after last weekend. Two parking spaces of mine were freed up with "stuff" headed to Jason Ginn's.

I can vouch for the Hammond Barn's security measures and reliability. The challenge will be to stage the piece(s) on top of something that won't settle into the sand and grow trees through the gaps.

Let me know if and when you are passing through, and will see if there is anything I can contribute to the recovery.

Harry Moon · #9 10-08-16, 02:21

I think the picture of the 25 pounder in the other listing for the house is the 2nd one.

RHClarke · #10 10-08-16, 16:12

I am sure that Bob would be thrilled to store the guns. Be aware that they will be investigated thoroughly. ..

rob love · #11 10-08-16, 20:36

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Originally Posted by Harry Moon

I think the picture of the 25 pounder in the other listing for the house is the 2nd one.

You are right. I got photos today of the two of them, and the one in the photo of the house is the second one at the house by the lake. They must have moved them there after 2011 and the neighbors did not like them.

The barrel and breech on the second one are laying back on the gun. Not sure if the recoil mech has collapsed, or the barrel is loose from the sled. Hopefully I can winch it back forward as the present breech location is going to make winching it onto the trailer a bugger.