i wonder if its a removable limber pin to hitch to limber. removable to stop it digging in ground when fired just a idea

Hallo Thomas,

Schau mal in diesem Osprey Heft nach:

"The Royal Artillery" - Osprey (Men-at-Arms Series No.25)

Gruss
Michael:smirk:

Hallo Michael!

Wo genau? Auf Anhieb habe ich jetzt nichts gefunden.

LG
Thomas

If there is a valid answer in either of the last two replies that were in Germany kindly ask for a translation as I would like to know the answer to this mystery pin with the eye hole part.

Dear Toby,
You can simply copy and paste the text into Google translate (or sometimes even right-click) and choose translate.

Michael says check out the Osprey book.
Thomas asks where exactly in the book as he has not found it.

This fellow’s excellent blog post suggests an elevating screw:
http://crogges7ywarmies.blogspot.com/2018/10/british-syw-artillery.html?m=1

Regards, James

If you take a look at the way Strelets attached the unknown device to the gun, it doesn't look like an elevation screw (this should be fixed below the barrel and not at the end of the carriage).

http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=402&M=F

The mystery remains. Hopefully Strelets can provide a satisfying answer.

Kind Regards
Thomas

Hi Thomas

Look Here

http://www.feldartilleriebataillon210.de/html/body_geschichte_artillerie.html

Greetings
Michael

I have yet to buy them, so best guess, is the eye is to tow the gun, the other bit to go under the barrel for elevation/depression for aiming , I struggle to see what else it could be.

It looks to me to be a peg for the hole at the back of the gun carriage, where handspikes would be used to help move the gun.
It doesnt look like something that would be involved in attaching to a limber & it is not an elevation screw for sure.

Ah have just seen PSR have updated their entry for these guns, and yes it is indeed for a handspike.