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    False Muzzles

    I've made a few false muzzles. i usually made them by drilling the two holes down the end of the blank and then parted off the piece for the false muzzle. I then soldered a washer the thickness of the parting tool on the face of the false muzzle to bring the grooves back into line. Worked well...
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    Hern Revolutionary war howitzer

    A lead ball is real heavy and you cannot use much powder in a 3" bore without a lot of pressure. Zinc scrap is quite cheap and makes a ball about the same weight as cast iron, which is what a lot of the original balls were made of. Rex Dev.
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    Flintlock (lock) question?

    Just got an L & R off TOTW a couple of weeks back and they said their locks are ready to but for an extra slick lock the tumbler and sear can be case hardened with Kasenite. Rex Dev.
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    Bending Hamer

    I did one the other day. Drilled and filed a hole in a piece of 1/4 flat bar so the nose of the hammer fitted snug, heated it and bent it right first time. With it held by the nose it's easier to see just what's going on. Rex Dev.
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    I've been spiked

    If it was mine I would cut a 1/8 drill off with only 1/2 an inch of flutes left, make an extension that just fits down the touch hole, silver solder it to the drill and have a go with it in a battery drill so I could control the speed and see if it is drillable. With the drill shortened it would...
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    I've been spiked

    Robin, that looks like something small and round like a pin at 11.30 in the pic
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    Heavy Sigh

    The buildup theory sounds right. Try cleaning on top of the powder if you want to clean between shots. Works for me. Rex Dev :front:
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    I want a cannon

    Before you get into building tricky stuff like big spoked wheels and stuff, take a look at some carronade pics. The carronade gives better value as far as bore verus o.d. and the swivelling ships mount is a piece of cake to make. I have a 3" carronade and it was no big deal to make. The last...
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    Pictures/Plans for a Wiard Carriage?

    If you go to the LINKS for the forum, in the Paulson Brothers link, under Cannons for sale, there are some good pics of a Wiard cannon carriage. Rex Devantier
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    Learned something new today about delayed ignition

    I found 4F the best, 2pusehes on the primer but the most important was a clear gap between the powder and vent. Rex Dev :thumbsup:
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    cannon balls

    It looks a bit techo but making an aluminium ball mold over 1" is not a real big deal, even with a smallish lathe. Will give details to anyone that wants them. Rex DEv. :m2c:
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    Cannoneers!

    Cannons are cool. I have a 3" carronade and a 4" mortar. The last mission for the carronade was shooting up a little Korean car. All went well. I use 2 fired shotgun cases full of 1F and 3" zinc balls I cast myself. I have just got around to castng the balls and have not tried the 4" ones in...
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    Welding lock parts

    The best system is T.I.G. or tungsten inert gas and Brownells sell a really good high nickel filler rod that case hardens really well. Rex Dev. :thumbsup:
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    Finish question

    It doesn't hurt to mix a bit of vegetable turpentine with the first coat of linseed. It soaks in much quicker. Rex Dev. :thumbsup:
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    using lard

    I use equal parts of lard, beeswax and chicken fat. The chicken fat I get from the rotisserie at the local supermarket. This mixture keeps the fouling as soft as any thing else I have tried. The only thing to use for heating is a double boiler. :redthumb: :m2c: Rex Dev
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    Cleaning barrel with a patent breech

    All of the breaches I make have an 11/32 hole through the breach plug and we don't have any trouble as long as we use plenty of hot water and stand the barrel up in a jar or can with the flash hole covered with water so when you swab out the barrel the water is pumped back and forth through the...
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    Help me find a 12 ga Fowler

    I have a Pedersoli 12ga Mortimer flint shotgun and also the .54 ball barrel for it and it goes real good with either barrel. Lock time is superb.Also have an 1816 Pedersoli .69 flint musket that goes pretty well but haven't tried it on birds. Don't know if I could stop it once I started swinging...
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    Double cannons

    I think there was something on the forum about firing 2 balls from separate cannons. Check this one out. http://ngeorgia.com/feature/adbc.html Cheers, Rex Dev. :thumbsup:
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    Double cannons

    cannon-ML-35672-ML- Moved to the Cannon section.
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    Bore size

    There is a well documented episode where the great African hunter Selous grabbed his spare 4 bore from his gun bearer and shoved the powder and ball down the barrel and let rip to stop a charging elephant. He didn't know the bearer had already loaded it before handing it to him. One broken...
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