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My small mini cannon.

It's about 3/4" long barrel (at the most). Shoots BB's. 1 to 1.4 gr of fffg







Not much of a "BANG", but it will break a glass about 6 feet away....

This is my "first" attempt!.......D

[bbvideo=560,315]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdF2EOSajtA[/bbvideo]

That is an old guy's improvement on our old bicycle spoke guns of the '60s. I will say the spoke guns had a bigger bang.

Excellent! It'll take a long time to get through a pound of FFFg with that little beast! Now if you can just figure out how to light it off with a #10 percussion cap. I'm guessing a "canister" load would be about 10 pellets of #12 shot!

hahahaha love it!!!

That looks like a lot of fun.

Made my day

Very cool! My kids would love having one of those. Ok, so would I!

Could you post a link to the source of those? Mine shoots golfballs. I need to build a carriage for it.

Check out ebay. search for mini cannon.....D

SA1911a1 wrote:That is an old guy's improvement on our old bicycle spoke guns of the '60s. I will say the spoke guns had a bigger bang.

I thought us ole mountain state kids are the only ones who ever played with spoke guns... Haven't heard that mentioned for a good 45 years, really brought back some memories.

Love the little mini cannon video posted.

oh no, Dolk is gonna shoot his eye out!
that is almost as loud as a popcorn fart.

Now we need one for bowling balls!

I think a saker. Or perhaps a simple Austrian 2 pounder mbattalion gun would be perfect!

Very neat, I'd seen them somewhere but never dream you could actually fire one.
Here's something you guys might enjoy, I built this about 12 years ago and used it for several memorial and monument dedications over the years.
Came out okay for gathering up all sorts of parts around the shop. There's everything part wise from gas drilling rigs to even a Ford truck used on it and you would never know...
I've shot canister loads ( saw dust and ball bearings ) through it at 1/3 pound of powder but that's my limit.

I need to get wheels on mine like your is! ....D

I need to get wheels on mine like yours!

Mine is more "heavier" per square inch then yours is. .....

That is a very nice cannon. What is it? a mountain Howitzer?.....D

Yes, but most of the real ones around here were built a little lighter weight so they could be dismantled and carried on pack mules. Barrel weights about 175 lbs on this one as to around 220 lbs on the real cannons. Carriage is made up of new Oak railroad ties I found at a local saw mill. Hard part to make was the wide wooden cheek pieces, thick and wide so they were cut out by a friend using a band type saw mill. They have a weekend Civil War artillery school near me each spring at Stonewall Jackson's boyhood home at Weston, WV. where you can safely learn operating each position of the cannon.
Hey, that's home to our own Zeebill on the forum.. He's been through that school himself too.