Took the golf ball mortar/cannon out again!
- Thread starter drache
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It's currently in a friend's basement who doesn't have internet access. But if you keep bugging me I'll get some pictures one way or another
fingers284
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- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
What was your powder granulation and weight.
did you drill and bore a hole or buy seamless tubing and make an end cap, either way good job, now to go figure out the OD of a golf ball
I did not make it, a family friend had it made for him. He used it for many years then one day I found it sitting out back behind his place in a snow bank. I took it home, cleaned it up, sprayed it down with black Krylon and I keep having fun.
It's made though with a solid piece with a hole drilled out, no welds at all. Very strong.
As for the diameter of a golf ball, 1.68 inches, give or take. Some golf balls are a hair larger though but I've never had a problem.
Hilarious! 
I know the guy I got it off of had another one that he would load 4 empty shotgun shells full to the brim of FFG black powder into it to fire off a golf ball. That always made me jump when that thing went off.
That cannon was stolen a long time ago and then this one was made. This one was used only a couple times then put into a shed. That shed collapsed and it was just set outside and forgotten until I found it. This cannon probably weighs close to 100 lbs. Made from a solid piece of metal and the bore was drilled out. Walls are 1" thick, maybe a little more.
That cannon was stolen a long time ago and then this one was made. This one was used only a couple times then put into a shed. That shed collapsed and it was just set outside and forgotten until I found it. This cannon probably weighs close to 100 lbs. Made from a solid piece of metal and the bore was drilled out. Walls are 1" thick, maybe a little more.
Sounds like a lot of powder going up in smoke......
Did you try 1 shot shell of powder first ?
Yup. Then two. Then three.
Yup. Then two. Then three.
Also my characterization of non destructive stress testing. {how big can we make the BOOM before we find KABOOM?
}Sounds like you finally found a source for powder and fuse.....Yup. Then two. Then three.
carefull , these things are addictive......
Fuse is actually pretty easy now that someone brings it into Quesnel. Powder has gone up in price to $35 a pound but it's also brought into the same store.
- Location
- south central Alberta
the same amount of 1f will send my 10 pin bowling ball over 500 meters out of my mortar
My poor camera doesn't do the sound of the blast justice until you hear it in slow motion!
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tac
I was a little worried when I first got into "cannoneering" as I figured I'd blow myself up. But one that that really helped me get over that nervousness is this cannon. Like I said, the bore is drilled from a solid piece of metal. No welds to wonder about. The thickness of the walls are almost the same as the diameter of the bore.
