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·22 lb barrel. It's "drawn over mandrel" 1" dia. high pressure, seamless steam pipe. 3/4" wall. 12" long.
1/8" touch hole, fuse.
17 lb. white oak carriage. Cobbled together from John Deere pallets and fence hardware from the feed store.
Shoots 3 oz. lead ball, nails, rocks, gravel, nuts/bolts, C-Cell battery.
500 gr. F black powder, cannon fuse. Toilet paper wadding. Mostly we shoot "blanks." --Powder and wadding.
Smoke cloud the size of a school bus.
Echo down the valley for 20 seconds or more (function of the valley, not the cannon)
With a blank load it skids across the gravel landing about 15 feet.
Deep, throaty boom.
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Cannon Mania is a good link:
http://www.cannon-mania.com/
1/8" touch hole, fuse.
17 lb. white oak carriage. Cobbled together from John Deere pallets and fence hardware from the feed store.
Shoots 3 oz. lead ball, nails, rocks, gravel, nuts/bolts, C-Cell battery.
500 gr. F black powder, cannon fuse. Toilet paper wadding. Mostly we shoot "blanks." --Powder and wadding.
Smoke cloud the size of a school bus.
Echo down the valley for 20 seconds or more (function of the valley, not the cannon)
With a blank load it skids across the gravel landing about 15 feet.
Deep, throaty boom.
Cannon Mania is a good link:
http://www.cannon-mania.com/
bring out the 12 pounders!
