Battleship gun breech

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A recent issue of Texas Monthly has an article covering the ongoing restoration of the Battleship Texas, and included this cool shot of the breech for one of its 14-inch main guns. Pretty cool.

 

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A recent issue of Texas Monthly has an article covering the ongoing restoration of the Battleship Texas, and included this cool shot of the breech for one of its 14-inch main guns. Pretty cool.

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They’re pretty sweet, sadly they don’t look like that anymore. Kinda look like a Ruger No 1 these days