Patocazador
54 Cal.
Black Powder:
I came back from hunting the Panhandle yesterday and stopped at every gun or pawn shop I could find for over 200 miles. I finally found a pawn shop that handled it but they were out of 2F and 3F. They had 1F and 4F. However, it turns out the owner is really in to primitive black powder weapons. He had about 20 of them ... mostly junk taken as pawn items. He had a can of opened 3F that was 80% filled and sold it to me for $15. He gets $22/can usually but has to order more and it will probably increase with the new prices.
So, he shows me his home-made cannon made with heavy duty pipe and a welded breech with a touch hole for a fuse. He made the carriage with wheels too. He says, "Let's shoot the cannon! Call the bank across the street and tell them to get ready for a 'BOOM'."
He loaded up 350 grs. of 1F powder and stuffed a wad of bread down the muzzle, inserted a fuse and 'commanded' everyone to assemble outside. He pointed it at an empty lot next door, lit the fuse and WHAM!!! The report was pretty loud but the carriage with the cannon moved backward 8 1/2 feet through the grass.
I spent 90 minutes looking through all their wares and talking BP stuff. He's going to call me when the BP comes in.
By the way, the owner's name is Yancey. Cooool. "Yancey Derringer" was one of my favorite westerns when I was a kid. :grin:
TIME WELL SPENT !
I came back from hunting the Panhandle yesterday and stopped at every gun or pawn shop I could find for over 200 miles. I finally found a pawn shop that handled it but they were out of 2F and 3F. They had 1F and 4F. However, it turns out the owner is really in to primitive black powder weapons. He had about 20 of them ... mostly junk taken as pawn items. He had a can of opened 3F that was 80% filled and sold it to me for $15. He gets $22/can usually but has to order more and it will probably increase with the new prices.
So, he shows me his home-made cannon made with heavy duty pipe and a welded breech with a touch hole for a fuse. He made the carriage with wheels too. He says, "Let's shoot the cannon! Call the bank across the street and tell them to get ready for a 'BOOM'."
He loaded up 350 grs. of 1F powder and stuffed a wad of bread down the muzzle, inserted a fuse and 'commanded' everyone to assemble outside. He pointed it at an empty lot next door, lit the fuse and WHAM!!! The report was pretty loud but the carriage with the cannon moved backward 8 1/2 feet through the grass.
I spent 90 minutes looking through all their wares and talking BP stuff. He's going to call me when the BP comes in.
By the way, the owner's name is Yancey. Cooool. "Yancey Derringer" was one of my favorite westerns when I was a kid. :grin:
TIME WELL SPENT !
