Is there anyone that has any info or use these cannons? Been looking at some .50cal and .69 cal that shoot round balls. It looks like Traditions make some in kit form. Looks like they would be fun to mess with and make some smoke!
Mini black powder cannons that shoot
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I have several from Dom http://www.blackpowder-cannons.com/ They are not 100% authentic but for the price cannot be beat and he is a stickler for safety. He can build anything you want on the smaller size. I have some at .177 up through 1". My problem has been locating actual BP. I had to hunt down locations selling cans by the single vs case.
I really wanted one of his soda can siege mortars. About 10 yrs ago he had a big build of several and they sold quick.
My 1" coehorn in action.
There is a good forum I used to participate in. I don't want to post it here incase it is against rules. google "Blackpowder Mortar & Cannon by Seacoast Artillery"
I really wanted one of his soda can siege mortars. About 10 yrs ago he had a big build of several and they sold quick.
My 1" coehorn in action.
There is a good forum I used to participate in. I don't want to post it here incase it is against rules. google "Blackpowder Mortar & Cannon by Seacoast Artillery"
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I've seen a soda can mortar in action... they are incredible!
We used to fire full size cannons with newspaper wads and no projectile, from the cannon ports of the 151' Square Topsail Schooner Shenandoah. That was loads of fun. One time, the newspaper wad went flying out and sunk a wooden skiff.
I used to have a sailing vessel with a heavy cleat just inside a midships hawsehole. There was one on each side. I thought it would be cool to have cannons that fit the shape of the hawseholes, and rested against the cleats. I wanted to be able to fire a cannon to leeward, with no projectile but lots of noise and smoke, when I sailed into port.
<Sigh!> Good idea, but I never did it...
We used to fire full size cannons with newspaper wads and no projectile, from the cannon ports of the 151' Square Topsail Schooner Shenandoah. That was loads of fun. One time, the newspaper wad went flying out and sunk a wooden skiff.
I used to have a sailing vessel with a heavy cleat just inside a midships hawsehole. There was one on each side. I thought it would be cool to have cannons that fit the shape of the hawseholes, and rested against the cleats. I wanted to be able to fire a cannon to leeward, with no projectile but lots of noise and smoke, when I sailed into port.
<Sigh!> Good idea, but I never did it...
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). Start at this post and work your way down the thread. Pics from Geezers farewell salute
). Start at this post and work your way down the thread. Pics from Geezers farewell salute
No pix of it, but one of our team was tragically killed in an auto accident last year. We did a 21gun salute with blanks in CSA uniforms with muskets at graveside and several weeks later at the Homecoming Skirmish in late October in Statesville, we did 3, 21 gun salutes with LIVE ammo for Chris followed by taps on a bugle.
And then there's our team cannon. This shot was from our last Homecoming Skirmish in Statesville where we also did the salute for Chris. It's a full size replica of an original design rifled howitzer for use in cavalry operations. Bore is about 3in and because of the short barrel, muzzle blast is best described as seriously obnoxious so we don't maintain crew positions as it is fired. We usually fire via a linstock instead of friction primer. Reason is for accuracy. Friction primers are fine for actual combat use but when the nth degree of accuracy is desired, we fall back to the earlier ignition system. In this pic, we've done some ground modification to ensure leveling of the gun left to right and that the trail is in the exact same position for every shot. Ammo looks like a gigantic airgun pellet. In this match, we finished 4th out of 12 guns. Artillery uses detachable rear sight apparatus. The front post is clearly visible in the pic. The cannon seen at a National Park are often molested and have the sights removed. Our rear sight is a modified version of a Soule sight with aperture. After the match is over, we recycle by retrieving the spent ammo from the backstop for recasting into fresh ammo so the only real expenditure is for powder since we make our fuses from paper soda straws and the same powder that goes in a musket.
In the normal loading procedure, here are the positions for the crew-
I'm normally at position 2 or 1. My 86yo dad is at position 7 or 6. We call him the powder monkey. As the gun is in operation, I normally am in and out of the bore. Dad is handling charge, projectile and fuses. It's more fun than you could ever imagine.
In the normal loading procedure, here are the positions for the crew-
I'm normally at position 2 or 1. My 86yo dad is at position 7 or 6. We call him the powder monkey. As the gun is in operation, I normally am in and out of the bore. Dad is handling charge, projectile and fuses. It's more fun than you could ever imagine.
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Details my man, details about when and where we can see these beasts fire.N-SSA artillery collector Charlie Smithgall showed up at our last Nationals with this beast, and yeah, he shot it with live ammo in competition.
My little 1.5" noise maker.
https://www.carolinafirearmsforum.c...s-illegal-in-nc-wtf.64977/page-2#post-1154823
Well if the Covid thing doesn't interfere, the next artillery match will be in early October at Winchester VA, at our Fall Nationals. Past that, the next one is in late October in Statesville.
Thanks for all the great photos. This is a particularly outstanding one.
This particular gun is an original 30lb siege gun. The carriage is a repro. The bore is about 8in. You can see how big the barrel is and the guys Charlie got to crew the gun had to run that worm, sponge, and rammer all the way down that beast for each shot. Charlie didn't win in points but he ran away with it in the cool department.
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