HELP bought a cannon need balls for it size .715
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unstableryan
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See. I bet you would get a lot more help if you showed off the cannon... Cannons are cool.
This is my Cannon 
Threemorewishes
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I used a cannon ball fishing sinker mold for when I had a cannon. They were cast without the eyelet and came out great. I can't remember the company name but I'm sure Google would offer up a bunch of options.
1873shootist
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Track of the Wolf in the U.S. lists a Lyman .715" round ball mold for $75.00 U.S.
You could melt down roof jack lead or whatever you could scrounge.
They also sell pre-cast .715" round balls (25 for $12.70 U.S.) but I don't know if the balls could be imported, being bullets by definition. The mold is no problem though.
Couldn't find a source for pre-cast .715" round balls in Canada, but the size is used in repro Brown Bess muskets, so they must be available from somebody.
Rusty Wood Trading Co. in B.C. has plenty of cannon fuse.
You could melt down roof jack lead or whatever you could scrounge.
They also sell pre-cast .715" round balls (25 for $12.70 U.S.) but I don't know if the balls could be imported, being bullets by definition. The mold is no problem though.
Couldn't find a source for pre-cast .715" round balls in Canada, but the size is used in repro Brown Bess muskets, so they must be available from somebody.
Rusty Wood Trading Co. in B.C. has plenty of cannon fuse.
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Mightymoose410
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Rusty wood they should have all you need, at .715 you should also be able to use some 12 gauge slug on top of a felt/fiber wad
fingers284
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quite easy to make your own cannon fodder mold out of plain ol' pipe (cannon balls don't have to be round, they can be elongated 'wadcutter" shaped things as well and work sometimes better than round for accuracy) drilled out to a close-to -bore dia. then "patch" them to tighten them in the bore. Just had a look at the drill chart and a 45/64 drill should work for you (listed as .703" but with twist drills usually drilling a smidge over-sized I would think it would come out real close).
As mentioned a small piece of pipe with two small plates c-clamped over each end (one with a 'filler hole"" will suffice for a mold.
I usually use any COWW lead that I think may be contaminated by a few zink weights as well...anything scrap lead related will work.
As mentioned a small piece of pipe with two small plates c-clamped over each end (one with a 'filler hole"" will suffice for a mold.
I usually use any COWW lead that I think may be contaminated by a few zink weights as well...anything scrap lead related will work.
i work with a bloke who would fit in that
hmmmmmm................................................
