Big shooters

[Mike Hill]

I went to Tromsø for a few days with a mate.Unfortunatly it was overcast for the Solctice but being 600miles north of the Arctic circle it was still a good time.

 

Here are som pictures of Harpoon guns outside the Polar museum.Norway still whales commercially and you can buy the meat in most supermarkets.Its very tender.

[Ironbark]

Yes, whaling does have a macabre fascination doesn't it

[Foord]

What pushes those things out?

 

Is it just compress gas?

[Mike Hill]

What pushes those things out?

 

Is it just compress gas?

 

The first three had breaches that chambered a Blank Cartridge that when fired drove the Harpoon out.The fourth gun also had the the same idea but the breach slide to one side like a Artillery peice,same idea just larger.

[Foord]

Cool, thanks.