From: John T. <bj...@gm...> - 2012-05-24 15:03:31
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Some of the children I play with have a cannon. Ricky's I did the iron work on a few years back. It is a 2 1/4 bore cannon. Ray bought the same cannon barrel that I did but has not finished his yet. George has a 1 1/2" bore navel cannon but it is not finished either... and he has been working on it for years. In addition to the cannons Ray and George has a Coehorn Mortar that is finished and we shoot them regularly. You can see Ray's mortar in the video. John On 5/24/2012 8:18 AM, dave wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2012 06:03:02 -0500 > John Thornton<bj...@gm...> wrote: > >> BP Cannon, now your talking! >> >> I'm building a 1/2 scale civil war 6 pounder and it is done enough to >> fire and the report is most satisfying. >> >> http://gnipsel.com/cannon/cannon.xhtml > Wow! Making a whole battery? Good pictures and really nice work. > > Dave >> John >> >> On 5/23/2012 10:36 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: >>> On 5/23/2012 11:03 PM, gene heskett wrote: >>>> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:42:23 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: >>>> >>>>> On 5/23/2012 9:42 PM, gene heskett wrote: >>>>>> BP nipples using #209 primer >>>>> That certainly was a "shot in the dark" given the nature of this >>>>> group, Gene. I'd think there are gunsmithing and shooting groups >>>>> online that are better able to answer. >>>>> >>>>> Just for grins, I stuck the above line into Google and got back >>>>> pages of hits. Most, I'm sure, aren't the specific answer to your >>>>> specific question, but it shows there's lots else is out there on >>>>> sites with root names like knightrifles.com, gunloads.com, >>>>> thehighroad.org, mlagb.com, tcarms.com, ammosmith.com, >>>>> thefiringline.com, huntingnet.com. >>>>> >>>>> Good luck. >>>> So did I Kent (Google that is), lots of hits, but mostly SWAG's. >>>> I am inclined to give the 5 hole design a 2nd try, but with #74 >>>> holes instead of #68's, as that seems to have all the quacks and >>>> waddles of a duck called too much. We'll see as soon as the >>>> weather clears and its not the weekend. There is a small, very old >>>> but well maintained, cemetery across the parking lot from the >>>> range and a notice hanging on a roof support post that it will be >>>> closed Sunday and Monday out of respect for the cemetery visitors. >>>> >>>> One thing that seems to run a common thread is the requirement for >>>> a rigid, low headspace support behind the #209 primer, like the >>>> Omega has. It closes on the primer, holding it solidly with no >>>> headspace at all. Anything that allows primer gasses another exit >>>> besides the flash hole(s) seems to be considered very poor form. >>>> And this one will need a latch designed to catch and hold the >>>> striker in the fired position before that no leakage condition >>>> will be a reality. >>>> >>>> As for the blowback, I think the latch is the best solution, short >>>> of declaring this particular design a total loss. I've got too >>>> much time in carving not one, but 2 stocks for it over the years >>>> I've had it, and I like my artwork. Maple, thumbhole style, >>>> cherry grip& tip caps, thick recoil pad, the obvious giveaway is >>>> the BP ramrod hanging under the barrel, otherwise it looks like a >>>> pretty modern gun. >>>> >>>> Cheers, Gene >>> And of course Dave did answer your query, which proves once again >>> the breadth of knowledge in this group. >>> >>> I never had a hankering for BP long guns but there sure are a lot of >>> enthusiasts in this area of Western MD, Northern VA, and WV. >>> There's no shortage of volunteers for any battlefield reenactment. >>> >>> The latch sounds like a good idea (I hate thinking about anything, >>> striker, gas, or otherwise, kicking toward your face) but I have no >>> idea how hard it will be to implement. >>> >>> Now BP cannons I could see myself getting involved with...kind of an >>> East Coast mythbuster...making smoke and noise in equal quantities >>> and bouncing cannonballs through peoples' backdoors. Heck, they >>> even get paid to do it. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Kent >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Live Security Virtual Conference >>> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >>> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >>> Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the >>> latest in malware threats. >>> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >>> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing >>> list Emc...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >> Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the >> latest in malware threats. >> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list >> Emc...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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