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Next time chock the wheels!
Happy New Year to all! Happy 2022!
Happy New Year to all my RUA friends! Something tells me this is going to be a splendid year. Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2022!
Fired my little brass cannon in honor of you all. Had counted on a fuse burn rate of 2.75 seconds per inch and it was a bit faster than that, but you get the message. tiphat
Happy New Year to all my RUA friends! Something tells me this is going to be a splendid year. Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2022!
Fired my little brass cannon in honor of you all. Had counted on a fuse burn rate of 2.75 seconds per inch and it was a bit faster than that, but you get the message. tiphat
What a surprise!!!
I met a New Year in the Strip. Eight casinos had firework for eight minutes.
The street was blocked for cars. There were people from all over the world.
The celebration was magnificent, but it was nothing compared to this one private brass cannon shot in the back yard.
I was apprehensive of the 2022. I need to work a lot!!!
Now, I believe that it’s going to be a wonderful and splendid year!!
Thank you, My Lord!!!
What a surprise!!!
I met a New Year in the Strip. Eight casinos had firework for eight minutes.
The street was blocked for cars. There were people from all over the world.
The celebration was magnificent, but it was nothing compared to this one private brass cannon shot in the back yard.
I was apprehensive of the 2022. I need to work a lot!!!
Now, I believe that it’s going to be a wonderful and splendid year!!
Thank you, My Lord!!!
That was a pretty cool cannon shot. How large is the cannon? Is it big enough to take someone's head off? :laugh:
Happy new year to all. tiphat
Let's hope 2022 is a good one for all of us. :nod:
Happy new year to all. tiphat
Let's hope 2022 is a good one for all of us. :nod:
That was a pretty cool cannon shot. How large is the cannon? Is it big enough to take someone's head off? :laugh:
Thanks Contrarian. This is a 1/3 scale cannon with a 2-inch bore (weighs about 85 lbs). It could definitely hurt you, but not exactly something you'd want to be rolling into battle with, haha. Great for celebrations though. Happy New Year!
This is a guess but your cannon is a muzzle loader as opposed to what the Yacht Club has which is a breach loader.
This what ‘allowed’ us to stuff the barrel with feathers.
That was a pretty cool cannon shot. How large is the cannon? Is it big enough to take someone's head off? :laugh:
Thanks Contrarian. This is a 1/3 scale cannon with a 2-inch bore (weighs about 85 lbs). It could definitely hurt you, but not exactly something you'd want to be rolling into battle with, haha. Great for celebrations though. Happy New Year!
Have you made this cannon by yourself?
No, but this piece was custom-built by a good friend of mine. While I am an amateur artillerist, he is a master by all measures. I am undertaking my own build of a full-scale Napoleon 12-pounder on a garrison carriage (ordered the barrel from a foundry of course), but most of my collection is bought from original builders. I'm very excited to see what Eastern European historical pieces I might add to my 'family' in the coming years!
Ha, I have shot a 12-pounder. Takes a crew of six if you want to do it safely with spectators. Also the bang it makes is quite loud.
Ha, I have shot a 12-pounder. Takes a crew of six if you want to do it safely with spectators. Also the bang it makes is quite loud.
That's awesome Mark, I didn't realize you are an artillery enthusiast too! A 12-pounder is a pretty cool gun for sure. I've served on a couple of 12-pounder crews as well, but reenactment isn't my thing so much as live-firing projectiles. I can't do that around home though - my buddy's got a large range out in the boonies where I can shoot at some old cars and trucks he's brought in.
Happy New Year to you and best wishes for a terrific 2022! tiphat
Yeah in NL it is illegal to use actual ammo (exploding or not) for cannons.Ha, I have shot a 12-pounder. Takes a crew of six if you want to do it safely with spectators. Also the bang it makes is quite loud.
That's awesome Mark, I didn't realize you are an artillery enthusiast too! A 12-pounder is a pretty cool gun for sure. I've served on a couple of 12-pounder crews as well, but reenactment isn't my thing so much as live-firing projectiles. I can't do that around home though - my buddy's got a large range out in the boonies where I can shoot at some old cars and trucks he's brought in.
Happy New Year to you and best wishes for a terrific 2022! tiphat
Yeah in NL it is illegal to use actual ammo (exploding or not) for cannons.Ha, I have shot a 12-pounder. Takes a crew of six if you want to do it safely with spectators. Also the bang it makes is quite loud.
That's awesome Mark, I didn't realize you are an artillery enthusiast too! A 12-pounder is a pretty cool gun for sure. I've served on a couple of 12-pounder crews as well, but reenactment isn't my thing so much as live-firing projectiles. I can't do that around home though - my buddy's got a large range out in the boonies where I can shoot at some old cars and trucks he's brought in.
Happy New Year to you and best wishes for a terrific 2022! tiphat
However, we did once load a cow-pat to see if our aiming was off / correct when we were alone. It turned out to be correct but the force of the fired cow-pat still totally destroyed a road-sign.
Mark.
Yeah in NL it is illegal to use actual ammo (exploding or not) for cannons.
However, we did once load a cow-pat to see if our aiming was off / correct when we were alone. It turned out to be correct but the force of the fired cow-pat still totally destroyed a road-sign.
Mark.