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    Man Killed in

    I agree it has no relevance to cannons.
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    I made this cannon

    No, it is machined out of one steel bar, 2-3/16” dia. by 14” long with a pressed in rifled barrel. It is difficult to hit a barn door with my other small cannons of this size, (and larger), with the smooth bores. This one, equipped with the sights and the rifling, makes it quite accurate.
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    I made this cannon

    I made this cannon with peep sights, and a rifled barrel, no problem hitting a small target at 100 yard. :winking:
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    Deer anyone?

    If I can have that wood the cannon is resting on, I will first warm up my shop with it, and then put that cannon in my big lathe and make it all smooth and shiny.
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    Found an old hurt CANNON

    The next question is; how do we fix this. My suggestion would be to cut the barrel off right in front of the heavy part of the trunnions, and then back bore and internally thread the back piece to receive a newly made front barrel part.
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    Cannon Powder packing loads with, plastic? (STATIC ELECTRICITY )

    There is paranoia when it comes to handling black powder, what would happen if there were a remote chance that you would get a static electricity spark from the plastic bag? the powder in the bag would just burn up. But I doubt very much if that could ever be the case.
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    Grey Star Industies 1/3 scale 6 pounder

    That is a nice job, I like the way you designed and made the carriage and I also like the classic lines of the cannon.
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    I've been spiked

    This is better then a mystery novel. Perhaps the holes were never completely drilled in the first place, and even if it was spiked, your punches will just flare up the back of the spike. You are going to have to break down and drill the thing, use lots of good cutting fluid, a quality HS drill...
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    Swamped barrel with custom profile

    Swamped barrels, does it have something to do with personal taste? I can’t say that I like the looks of it, and would much prefer the classic lines of a octagon or an hexagon barrel.:v
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    Testing the Tannenberg Gonne.

    In “The Complete Black Powder Handbook” (by Sam Fadala) there is an article on the rupturing of a percussion test barrel. They apparently tried all sorts of different powder and projectile combinations, but without much success. What finally did ruptured the barrel, was 400 grain of powder...
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    Testing the Tannenberg Gonne.

    Well, the scary thing would be that if a gap were left between a heavy black powder charge and a tight projectile, a .160” wall would almost certainly burst. It all comes down to proper and safe loading procedure I suppose.
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    Testing the Tannenberg Gonne.

    Good report and very well presented, but I am willing to bet that if this Gonne is filled with bp (almost to the muzzle) and a tight patched ball is tightly rammed on top of the powder, this piece would survive without any damage and with minimal dimensional changes.
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    YEEEEEEEEE-HAR

    You should make up two new carriages for these cannons, in the general shape of the original; these nice cannons deserve that. Pack that old stuff in a box for future generations to ponder over. And never work in your garage when your car is parked in it. :winking:
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    YEEEEEEEEE-HAR

    Wow...I am totally impressed, them are beauties.
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    Feel like cannon making.

    Some of these color schemes would look nice on my "Claypipe" collection cabinet(s) :kid:
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    Feel like cannon making.

    I like it..LOL
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    Feel like cannon making.

    And here it is, 20 lbs of fury (still need paint of some sort) when my friend completes his cannon, I will post pictures of the 100
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    Feel like cannon making.

    The one on the left is for a friend who is an amateur machinist, he wanted one with a removable breach plug (for cleaning). I did the rough machining for him, including the
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    Feel like cannon making.

    I believe there were trunnion lathes in the old days, When I machine the trunnions on cast cannons, I clamp the cannon in the mill and use a boring head with the cutter facing inward and clean up the trunnions that way. The small cannon in the picture will have holes for the trunnions bored with...
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    Feel like cannon making.

    I hade a piece of 2-3/16
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