I think this is so neat....makes you wanna build one. Really.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNXkUA0KFNY&NR=1&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNXkUA0KFNY&NR=1&feature=fvwp
the original BOOM stick
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Really fun video but:
As someone pointed out in a comment - percussion caps weren't available in the 15th century - weren't invented until the early 1800's. Maybe it was originally fired by a cannon fuse?
As someone pointed out in a comment - percussion caps weren't available in the 15th century - weren't invented until the early 1800's. Maybe it was originally fired by a cannon fuse?
A lit kindling at the end of a small 90 deg lighting stick was used to set these off, not percussion caps (lol!). The guy in the video is just off by five centuries or so... no biggie, right? 
They sold one on that show called "Auction Kings" a month or so ago (on Discovery)... if I remember correctly, it dated to the very early 13th or 14th century and was believed to be of Korean origin.
They sold one on that show called "Auction Kings" a month or so ago (on Discovery)... if I remember correctly, it dated to the very early 13th or 14th century and was believed to be of Korean origin.
A lit kindling at the end of a small 90 deg lighting stick was used to set these off, not percussion caps (lol!). The guy in the video is just off by five centuries or so... no biggie, right?
They sold one on that show called "Auction Kings" a month or so ago (on Discovery)... if I remember correctly, it dated to the very early 13th or 14th century and was believed to be of Korean origin.
Thanks...good research. This picture sure shows a different but more realistic way of shooting the boom stick. Cool..portable mini cannons..witch, I guess turned into muzzle loaders....mabey.
Thanks...good research. This picture sure shows a different but more realistic way of shooting the boom stick. Cool..portable mini cannons..witch, I guess turned into muzzle loaders....mabey.
Well, they are already muzzle loaders. The only thing different about them is that the ignition system used is a lit stick and not a match-wheel-flint "lock". It's probably the easiest to make, most basic muzzleloader out there. It's basically a straight pipe sealed on one end with a small flash hole to light the black powder, same as any classic muzzleloader.
Having said that, I wonder what their legal status would be up here... I guess antique, as it is not unlikely a cannon fuse/matchlock based firearm. But then again, who knows (since our gun laws rarely have any logic to them at all - by some definitions, I guess it could be deemed restricted or even "prohibited", lol). After all, we wouldn't want ganbangers to be "driving around residential neighborhoods while wielding powerful caliber stick-lit semi-automatic hand cannons", now would we?
Anyway, it's a neat piece of history. Easy to reproduce in a post-apocalyptic SHTF scenario too... You'd just have to scavenge a still-working laser sight for it to improve accuracy, lol!
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OH MY GOSH WHAT A HILLARIUS POST..THANK YOU, I laughed so hard, I really needed that today
"gang bangers with semi-auto cannons" I dont care who you are..THATS FUNNY "RIGHT THERE'!!!!!
Well, they are already muzzle loaders. The only thing different about them is that the ignition system used is a lit stick and not a match-wheel-flint "lock". It's probably the easiest to make, most basic muzzleloader out there. It's basically a straight pipe sealed on one end with a small flash hole to light the black powder, same as any classic muzzleloader.
Having said that, I wonder what their legal status would be up here... I guess antique, as it is not unlikely a cannon fuse/matchlock based firearm. But then again, who knows (since our gun laws rarely have any logic to them at all - by some definitions, I guess it could be deemed restricted or even "prohibited", lol). After all, we wouldn't want ganbangers to be "driving around residential neighborhoods while wielding powerful caliber stick-lit semi-automatic hand cannons", now would we?
Anyway, it's a neat piece of history. Easy to reproduce in a post-apocalyptic SHTF scenario too... You'd just have to scavenge a still-working laser sight for it to improve accuracy, lol!
OH MY GOSH WHAT A HILLARIUS POST..THANK YOU, I laughed so hard, I really needed that today
"gang bangers with semi-auto cannons" I dont care who you are..THATS FUNNY "RIGHT THERE'!!!!!
