Talk:Swivel gun

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Very nice indeed. Thatcher131 01:49, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use on land

The article seems to mostly focus on Swivel guns as a naval weapon, though I am sure these were also employed as land weapons. This is probably an area the article could ideally look at in more detail. Inchiquin (talk) 08:54, 10 April 2010 (UTC) Nine swivel guns were used by George Washington during his failed defense of Fort Necessity n 1754. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.53.5.68 (talk) 14:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Size

Cannon are typically referred to by the weight, not the calibre, of round shot they fire, as "three-pounders", "28-pounders", etc. What is/was the usual, the maximum and the minimum size of such a gun? The article gives some dimensions, but we need more research here. 64.60.100.162 (talk) 07:00, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If it helps a 35mm roundshot seems to be about 0.4lbs (assuming uniform, spherical cast iron rounds and a modern pound), but I would imagine that if these things usually fired multi-shot rounds there may have been few, if any, actual ball cast for them. 62.196.17.197 (talk) 13:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Breech-loading vs muzzle-loading

This article is quite confusing as to whether these weapons were generally breech-loading or muzzle-loading.

Under Configuration, it says "Most swivel guns were muzzleloaders," and there is also a reference to Chinese junks having some muzzleloader swivel guns. But the History and Use sections, with the single exception of the reference to the Chinese junks, refer exclusively to breechloaders. SarahLawrence Scott (talk) 16:43, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]