small cannon - Page 2

troy2000 · 01-19-2008, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mooseman684

Here is Mine...43mm...shoots golf balls or 1lb. lead Balls
Rich

Is that what you took the bear with, Rich?

Mooseman684 · 01-19-2008, 09:23 PM

12 inches of bore + 3 inches to the rear= 15 inches OAL. We can buy cannon fuse here so my hole is that diameter... Like the fuse on Cherry bombs...Green.
get the touch hole to enter right at the rear of the bore...you also have to weld on Heavy pins on each side for the carriage and swivel Retainers. My barrel swings vertical for loading, drop it down and sight the target, light fuse carefully, RUN to the side...
Yours would use 25- 35gr. Black powder.
Rich

ArkansasHunter · 01-19-2008, 09:33 PM

Do yall remember the carbide cannons and could carbide work ? When I was around 8 years old a friend got a carbide cannon for Christmas.

ROFL !!! He was showing me how it worked. LMAO !!!!!! And I talked him into fireing it !!! LMAO !!!
We were In his bedroom and just as it went BOOM his Mother was sitting down to drink a HOT cup of Coffee in the Den !!! That BOOM was so Loud she jumped and the coffee went all over her and every where.
Well we didn't know that had happened and because it was so loud it temporarly stund us.
I hauled azz and met his Mother screaming running down the hallway.
We never got to play together again and I didn't see it happen but it blew out a bedroom window too.
I'm sorry but it's funny now LOL...A.H

varmit_slayer · 01-19-2008, 09:40 PM

I love that story, but what is a carbide cannon.

Mooseman684 · 01-19-2008, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by troy2000

Is that what you took the bear with, Rich?

No but I almost got me a riverboat once, I fired a shot across his bow and got his attention real fast !!!
He was Blasting our fishwheels with jet wakes trying to tear them up... I told him the next one is going through the hull and engine block...as I was reloading it . He surrendered and stayed out in the river a ways away from the Fishwheels..I drank for free that night !!!
Rich

ArkansasHunter · 01-19-2008, 09:52 PM

Cabide is the substance used to make Acetelene gas and was/is used in spot lights in the olden days.
When carbide comes in contact with water it emits Acetelene gas.

When I was a kid we use to fill ballons with acetelene gas and then tie a string to the ballon and light it and run.
If you want to create the loudest boom you've ever herad then try it and it is a Rush when you feel the shock wave from it.
With all things that go BOOM you have to be careful and use common sense, that was something I didn't have a lot of back then

...A.H

varmit_slayer · 01-19-2008, 10:00 PM

I am familiar with acetelene and booms. One time my buddy filled a grocery sac with acetelene and oxygen from a cutting torch. when he threw the match on it he didn't know what was coming. he did a plant flat on his back and was deaf for a good while. Talk about a boom.

just_a_car · 01-19-2008, 10:13 PM

Dang... I have got to make/get me one o' them!

ouch · 01-19-2008, 10:24 PM

Smoothbore canon would be cool. Thanks for sharing your photos.

troy2000 · 01-19-2008, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mooseman684

No but I almost got me a riverboat once, I fired a shot across his bow and got his attention real fast !!!
He was Blasting our fishwheels with jet wakes trying to tear them up... I told him the next one is going through the hull and engine block...as I was reloading it . He surrendered and stayed out in the river a ways away from the Fishwheels..I drank for free that night !!!
Rich

Did he have some sort of PETA-type problem with fish wheels, or was he just a vandalizing jerk doing it for fun?

Mooseman684 · 01-20-2008, 01:21 AM

Just a Jerk with no respect....

irish murphy · 01-20-2008, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mooseman684

12 inches of bore + 3 inches to the rear= 15 inches OAL. We can buy cannon fuse here so my hole is that diameter... Like the fuse on Cherry bombs...Green.
get the touch hole to enter right at the rear of the bore...you also have to weld on Heavy pins on each side for the carriage and swivel Retainers. My barrel swings vertical for loading, drop it down and sight the target, light fuse carefully, RUN to the side...
Yours would use 25- 35gr. Black powder.
Rich

Sounds good.Thanks man

Im even thinking of making a smaller one in 22cal.

varmit_slayer · 01-26-2008, 04:50 PM

P1010048.JPG

P1010049.JPGSorry it took so long to get the pics on here. I had a camera malfunction, But here it is, the beast. It is off of its base right now.

billy · 01-26-2008, 05:06 PM

cool!
now I want one!

JSnover · 01-26-2008, 05:28 PM

Here is mine. I havern't made a decent carriage for it yet but it shoots golf balls about 400 yards on 90 grains of black powder

varmit_slayer · 01-26-2008, 05:51 PM

I don't know for sure, but I would call that a mortar. Short and fat with think walls. very cool whatever you call it. Mine won't shoot a golf ball. A 1.25 inch drill bit was the biggest I had.

JSnover · 01-26-2008, 08:36 PM

That's correct! It's a scaled down Coehorn. I hope to make a proper sled for it by Spring.
I kept telling everyone it was a mortar and they kept calling it a cannon. Christ, now they got ME doing it!!

just_a_car · 01-28-2008, 01:29 AM

So, how does one go about making one?...

Mainly, where do you get the cast cylinder for it (and what kind of metal)?

And what kind of bit would be required?

irish murphy · 01-28-2008, 01:52 AM

I love these little cannons and mortars.Keep them comin

Old timer · 01-28-2008, 09:26 AM

Congrats Varmit Slayer! I have put together a couple of the black powder cannons. One is a one inch bore the other is a coehorn mortar from Hern Iron Works. If you want to see what is available out there in the way of black powder artillery google Hern Iron works and look at the castings they have to offer. Some are priced right up there. Then there are some that are priced right. Good shooting! Oh yes, I use pyrodex in my cannons. The 1-inch shoots a quarter pound ball really well. The mortar is 2.25 inch diameter ball and they are hard to find after firing. I am looking for a way to make them stand out in the dirt at present.

01-19-2008, 09:23 PM	#22
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,678 Images: 2	12 inches of bore + 3 inches to the rear= 15 inches OAL. We can buy cannon fuse here so my hole is that diameter... Like the fuse on Cherry bombs...Green. get the touch hole to enter right at the rear of the bore...you also have to weld on Heavy pins on each side for the carriage and swivel Retainers. My barrel swings vertical for loading, drop it down and sight the target, light fuse carefully, RUN to the side... Yours would use 25- 35gr. Black powder. Rich __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

01-19-2008, 10:13 PM	#28
just_a_car Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 3,522	Dang... I have got to make/get me one o' them! __________________

01-20-2008, 01:21 AM	#31
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,678 Images: 2	Just a Jerk with no respect.... __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

01-26-2008, 04:50 PM	#33
varmit_slayer Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 74	cannon pics P1010048.JPG P1010049.JPGSorry it took so long to get the pics on here. I had a camera malfunction, But here it is, the beast. It is off of its base right now.

01-26-2008, 05:06 PM	#34
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,157 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	cool! now I want one! __________________

01-19-2008, 09:33 PM	#23
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,709	Do yall remember the carbide cannons and could carbide work ? When I was around 8 years old a friend got a carbide cannon for Christmas. ROFL !!! He was showing me how it worked. LMAO !!!!!! And I talked him into fireing it !!! LMAO !!! We were In his bedroom and just as it went BOOM his Mother was sitting down to drink a HOT cup of Coffee in the Den !!! That BOOM was so Loud she jumped and the coffee went all over her and every where. Well we didn't know that had happened and because it was so loud it temporarly stund us. I hauled azz and met his Mother screaming running down the hallway. We never got to play together again and I didn't see it happen but it blew out a bedroom window too. I'm sorry but it's funny now LOL...A.H

01-19-2008, 09:40 PM	#24
varmit_slayer Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 74	I love that story, but what is a carbide cannon.

01-19-2008, 09:52 PM	#26
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,709	Cabide is the substance used to make Acetelene gas and was/is used in spot lights in the olden days. When carbide comes in contact with water it emits Acetelene gas. When I was a kid we use to fill ballons with acetelene gas and then tie a string to the ballon and light it and run. If you want to create the loudest boom you've ever herad then try it and it is a Rush when you feel the shock wave from it. With all things that go BOOM you have to be careful and use common sense, that was something I didn't have a lot of back then ...A.H

01-19-2008, 10:00 PM	#27
varmit_slayer Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 74	I am familiar with acetelene and booms. One time my buddy filled a grocery sac with acetelene and oxygen from a cutting torch. when he threw the match on it he didn't know what was coming. he did a plant flat on his back and was deaf for a good while. Talk about a boom.

01-19-2008, 10:24 PM	#29
ouch Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ridgerun, Mo Posts: 184	Smoothbore canon would be cool. Thanks for sharing your photos.

01-26-2008, 05:51 PM	#36
varmit_slayer Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 74	I don't know for sure, but I would call that a mortar. Short and fat with think walls. very cool whatever you call it. Mine won't shoot a golf ball. A 1.25 inch drill bit was the biggest I had.

01-26-2008, 08:36 PM	#37
JSnover Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 186	That's correct! It's a scaled down Coehorn. I hope to make a proper sled for it by Spring. I kept telling everyone it was a mortar and they kept calling it a cannon. Christ, now they got ME doing it!!

01-28-2008, 01:29 AM	#38
just_a_car Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 3,522	So, how does one go about making one?... Mainly, where do you get the cast cylinder for it (and what kind of metal)? And what kind of bit would be required? __________________

01-28-2008, 01:52 AM	#39
irish murphy Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canberra,Australia Posts: 1,028 Blog Entries: 5	I love these little cannons and mortars.Keep them comin

01-28-2008, 09:26 AM	#40
Old timer Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 28	Congrats Varmit Slayer! I have put together a couple of the black powder cannons. One is a one inch bore the other is a coehorn mortar from Hern Iron Works. If you want to see what is available out there in the way of black powder artillery google Hern Iron works and look at the castings they have to offer. Some are priced right up there. Then there are some that are priced right. Good shooting! Oh yes, I use pyrodex in my cannons. The 1-inch shoots a quarter pound ball really well. The mortar is 2.25 inch diameter ball and they are hard to find after firing. I am looking for a way to make them stand out in the dirt at present.