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Howdy there. I went to the Oaks, Pa. show today to have some fun and fun it was. I decided to take a different direction, away from the Winchesters and Colts. After swapping lies with some buds, it was time to hit the aisles. Snagged 100 Starline 45-90 and 200 nickel 44-40's...ouch....$153.
I got to BS'en with this cat who makes his own small blackpowder cannons. He had some little ones that shot small round balls and some bigger mortars that were designed to shoot golf balls and other things. I bought a small one that shoots a 50 caliber round ball and this big job that shoots vegetable cans. The idea is to fill up the vegetable can with cement and "go to town".
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So.......I go home and get some 50 caliber round balls, fill the small cannon with 30 grains of black, insert a fuse, light that baby up and blast a hole in a 5 gallon bucket that was filled with water. Cool. I then attached the small cannon to a wood block and while holding it, I started shooting things around the back yard. Cool. Very light loads mind you. I then loaded that sucker with 80-100 grains of black with the round ball and bammmmmm!, that really barked, with the recoil blasting the cannon back several feet.
Then......it was time to play with the big boy...the mighty 3" mortar. I took a can and filled it with dirt and packed it real hard. (did not feel like making cement and waiting to it to harden) The guy who sold it to me said to use 400 grains of black.......maximum. I used about 100 grains, put the can in, lit the fuse and bammmmm......it sent the can at least 100 yards up. Look at the video and the dirt filled can can be easily be seen flying in the air.
After that shot I adjusted the mortar and fired the same can, filled with the same dirt up in the air and into the pond....bingo....I'm good.
Tomorrow more fun is on the way.
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