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Posted: 7/3/2023 11:53:35 AM EDT
I haven't fired my Old Ironsides mini cannon yet but plan on trying it tomorrow. It's only .69 caliber but it still looks neat. I don't have an appropriately sized mold for this caliber so it's blanks and buckshot for now.
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Posted: 7/3/2023 11:57:20 AM EDT
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I had a distant cousin who used to make brass cannons about that size. Really cool there!
At the moment, this is all I have, but it still goes BANG! Happy Independence Day!  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/3/2023 1:02:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Kraquine]
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I had a Traditions Napoleon, lost it in a move.
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Posted: 7/3/2023 1:06:12 PM EDT
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I have this one https://www.traditionsfirearms.com/product/MINI-OLD-IRONSIDES-CN8041
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Posted: 7/3/2023 2:20:49 PM EDT
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This is one my dad made before he retired.
I measured the inside and it's 0.356 and all I can seem to find is 5/16" steel shot. If anyone knows where to get some slightly bigger that would be awesome!  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/3/2023 2:55:57 PM EDT
[Last Edit: firemedic5586]
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Posted: 7/3/2023 2:57:52 PM EDT
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Not mine, Cannon, but would be fun/cheap to shoot.. |
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Posted: 7/3/2023 4:45:37 PM EDT
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I have wanted a cannon for a decade.
I now live on an actual civil war battle field. I have enough money that a few hundred for a cannon would not affect my family finances. My idiot next door neighbors shot and killed 2 police officers in my front yard last year and now I think it would be pretty inappropriate to shoot off a cannon in my driveway 
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Posted: 7/3/2023 5:06:54 PM EDT
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Breach loaders are much better.
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Posted: 7/3/2023 7:35:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sgthatred: Breach loaders are much better. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun3_jpg-2872535.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun5_jpg-2872536.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun7_jpg-2872537.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun10_jpg-2872539.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/Barrel_Subassembly_10_JPG-2872544.JPG Neat, it even has the interrupted threads on the breech block. What is the cartridge? |
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Posted: 7/3/2023 7:57:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: sgthatred]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Radiolucent: Neat, it even has the interrupted threads on the breech block. What is the cartridge? |
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Posted: 7/11/2023 8:15:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/16/2023 4:06:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ggllggll]
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Like this thread, I've got a soft spot for cannons.
No name napolean, about 4 inches long:  Attached FileUnknown maker WW1 inspired? artillery piece .25cal, about 8 inches long:  Attached FileNapolean'ish pattern 16 inches long:  Attached FileModel of 1841, 3.5 inch bore, 10 feet long:  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/17/2023 1:30:22 AM EDT
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Very cool, sir, love that full size baby - have you fired her with a cannon ball, or just blanks?
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Posted: 7/17/2023 7:13:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ggllggll]
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Originally Posted By sgthatred: Breach loaders are much better. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun3_jpg-2872535.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun5_jpg-2872536.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun7_jpg-2872537.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/gun10_jpg-2872539.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220681/Barrel_Subassembly_10_JPG-2872544.JPG Love the coastal gun. I Google Image searched the cad drawing and found an old thread from another website about it. Cool stuff. Originally Posted By armoredman: Very cool, sir, love that full size baby - have you fired her with a cannon ball, or just blanks? Nope just blanks so far, it is a shooter though if I get the projectiles. |
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Posted: 7/17/2023 8:49:09 PM EDT
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I built this half scale 6 pounder from a Hern barrel a few years ago. It'll put a golf ball through a car.
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Posted: 7/18/2023 6:20:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snatchsquatch: I built this half scale 6 pounder from a Hern barrel a few years ago. It'll put a golf ball through a car. https://i.postimg.cc/fbcTvCn8/20200324-114328.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/TwT2NbTf/Complete-1.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/fbcTvCn8/20200324-114328.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/TwT2NbTf/Complete-1.jpg @Snatchsquatch Awesome!!! |
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Posted: 7/18/2023 6:38:00 AM EDT
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I love shooting this one.
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Posted: 8/12/2023 11:44:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: hawkin]
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I just picked this up last weekend. I was told by the widow that it’s 1/4 scale of a field cannon. Sleeved and came with a smelting pot, mold, powder and instructions..
I fired it for the first time today (blanks)! Damn thing is loud!  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 8:06:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gwitness: Traditions .50 cal cannon https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/76856/454F778D-9AF1-41DB-93D0-5E9550415F58_jpe-2881753.JPG  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/9/2024 12:18:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/9/2024 12:38:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: This is one my dad made before he retired. I measured the inside and it's 0.356 and all I can seem to find is 5/16" steel shot. If anyone knows where to get some slightly bigger that would be awesome! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/413870/IMG_0583_jpg-2872377.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/413870/IMG_0584_jpg-2872378.JPG Would a paper or cloth patch of sufficient thickness get things working right? |
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Posted: 1/9/2024 12:41:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Genin]
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A friend of mine had a bowling ball mortar. Its walls were around 2-2.5" thick, and it was about 16-18" tall. It was given to him, but he never fired it because he couldn't find a place where he thought he had enough distance to be safe firing it. Plus moving it was a major effort because it was HEAVY!
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Posted: 1/9/2024 12:50:31 PM EDT
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My dad was bigtime into DIY CNC stuff, and was just getting into cannons before his health failed and he passed on. I have his CNC lathe and all his CAD files, though... one of these days I'll just have to figure it all out.
Kind of took the wind out of my sails at one point when I started pricing chunky brass rod... 
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Posted: 1/9/2024 1:03:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: This is one my dad made before he retired. I measured the inside and it's 0.356 and all I can seem to find is 5/16" steel shot. If anyone knows where to get some slightly bigger that would be awesome! .350 squirrel rifle balls and thin cloth patches? .358 balls too loose? https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/127/1 |
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Posted: 1/9/2024 1:07:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: harrymank]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Genin: A friend of mine had a bowling ball mortar. Its walls were around 2-2.5" thick, and it was about 16-18" tall. It was given to him, but he never fired it because he couldn't find a place where he thought he had enough distance to be safe firing it. Plus moving it was a major effort because it was HEAVY! We shoot bowling balls out of an inert gas cylinder. Pointed at 60 degree angle they fly for about 17 seconds. |
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Posted: 1/18/2024 11:18:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryLove the brass! |
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