BP Golf Ball Cannon
- Thread starter klaus enuff
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Of more limited range is this chicken mortar at Fort McMurray. It fires 12 rubber chickens at a time :>) :>)
cheers mooncoon
Roasted chicken with gravy and spuds and home made bread....now that is a meal!!!
#1bcshooter
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I like to load 7 bear bangers strapped together @ 90 deg elevation with a small charge to send them up 100' or so .
Just in case any bears in the valley didn't know I was there .
Works good on Halloween too
Just in case any bears in the valley didn't know I was there .
Works good on Halloween too
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The plug pressed in and 2" ball hitch cascabel threaded on. Ready for the first weld. After turning down the weld the last piece (not shown) will be sleeved over and welded. After that the touch hole will be drilled and trunions welded. Then I have to decide what sort of mount to build for it.
The plug pressed in and 2" ball hitch cascabel threaded on. Ready for the first weld. After turning down the weld the last piece (not shown) will be sleeved over and welded. After that the touch hole will be drilled and trunions welded. Then I have to decide what sort of mount to build for it.
not golf balls, but another welder and i made an oxy/acet cannon. we rigged it up to shoot log stamp hammer handles.
.... its a work in progress.I don't understand why you did not thread the breach plug and breach end on the barrel so that you could screw the plug in. That has two benefits ; it allows you to remove the plug and fill the recessed plug with the powder charge and more importantly, I think that threads are less brittle than welds and have the potential to last longer without breaking
cheers mooncoon
Ditchdogger
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I think that chickens gona be a bit chewy
I think that breach loading or muzzle loading is of little significants; if it is fired by a fuse or powder in a touch hole, then it is an antique. If you are not shooting projectiles out of it, it is a signaling device and I would assume be exempt from registration and licensing under CC 84-3. If it were used in a crime then it becomes a firearm
cheers mooncoon
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I went with welding because it's what I know. I should say that the machining was done by a friend and I wanted to keep it as simple for him to make as possible. All pieces were scrap so we had to work with what we had. Overall I am happy with my first attempt. The final piece actually sleeves over the barrel a bit. Welded here and at the back where the chamber plug extends, not to mention the first weld underneath, make it quite strong. I am aware there are arguements both ways over threaded vs welded but I felt safe going with welded.
Now what sort of proof load do I test it with?
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IT LIVES!
I went with welding because it's what I know. I should say that the machining was done by a friend and I wanted to keep it as simple for him to make as possible. All pieces were scrap so we had to work with what we had. Overall I am happy with my first attempt. The final piece actually sleeves over the barrel a bit. Welded here and at the back where the chamber plug extends, not to mention the first weld underneath, make it quite strong. I am aware there are arguements both ways over threaded vs welded but I felt safe going with welded.
Now what sort of proof load do I test it with?
I made a golf ball cannon out of pvc at my buddy's camp. We used hair spray. You have to shave the golf balls a bit to make them more oblong rather than round. Trial and error dictated the use of a wad - a small piece of paper towel worked. We could shoot through waferboard at around 10-15 yards.
Eventually, when we ran out of clay pigeons for the skeet launcher, we were firing potatoes up into the air and blasting them with our shotguns. My buddy kept trying to get me to put my hockey equipment on so he could video himself shooting me with the potato cannon, but I wouldn't fall for that.
Cannon
PS - mooncoon - I absolutely love the rubber chicken flak cannon
Eventually, when we ran out of clay pigeons for the skeet launcher, we were firing potatoes up into the air and blasting them with our shotguns. My buddy kept trying to get me to put my hockey equipment on so he could video himself shooting me with the potato cannon, but I wouldn't fall for that.
Cannon
PS - mooncoon - I absolutely love the rubber chicken flak cannon
