Big Cannons!

[nightwolf1974]

 

[nightwolf1974]

I want one!

 

[RicM]

Cool video!!! Shame it’s been ignored and grown over.
I’ll settle for a bit smaller one lolol

 

[NorthFork]

I want one!

Heck with dat! I NEED one!

 

[Griz44Mag]

Trying to find a holster that will it will fit in. What a great defensive weapon!
When was the last time it was fired?
Wouldn't it be super kool to get a group together and put put a couple of rounds through that beast?

 

[Woody Morgan]

Made by one of the guys that I used to work with:

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[RicM]

I like that Woody!! While on topic friend of mine shoot this off every 4th of July up near Lake George,NY. Totally insane! I was told nothing is inside it and it’s all woods down field. Haven’t a clue how much powder is in it. But glad it has a long fuse. They found it years back in a garage tag sale for $75 bucks.

 

[Griz44Mag]

Made by one of the guys that I used to work with:

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Definitely NOT traditional - so it must be a potato gun - (also not allowed in the thread.)
(The rubber tires were the hint)

 

[Whitworth]

Dang that is a really, really big one. I've got a nearly 8 pound chunk of a 9 inch exploded ball, came out of my yard. It was fired from one of the two 9 inch Dahlgren guns on Maryland Heights just down the ridge from me on the Harpers Ferry side. Those huge naval guns were hauled up very steep mountainside by great effort.

 

[nightwolf1974]

According to Wikipedia, the 15" Rodman guns took 40 pounds of powder to launch the 450 pound cannon balls!

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ONE LOADED AND FIRED!!!

 

[Griz44Mag]

According to Wikipedia, the 15" Rodman guns took 40 pounds of powder to launch the 450 pound cannon balls!

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ONE LOADED AND FIRED!!!

At today's prices - that's $800.00 a shot worth of powder. Cast iron from a forming foundry averages $1.34 a pound so the ball in todays money would be $603.00.
That would make it $1,403.00 per shot.
I would like to watch, but not have to buy the ticket.....

 

[nightwolf1974]

At today's prices - that's $800.00 a shot worth of powder. Cast iron from a forming foundry averages $1.34 a pound so the ball in todays money would be $603.00.
That would make it $1,403.00 per shot.
I would like to watch, but not have to buy the ticket.....

Still would be fun though!

 

[Whitworth]

At today's prices - that's $800.00 a shot worth of powder. Cast iron from a forming foundry averages $1.34 a pound so the ball in todays money would be $603.00.
That would make it $1,403.00 per shot.
I would like to watch, but not have to buy the ticket.....

We could all kick in a couple bucks as a group buy, I'm sure the Park Service wouldn't mind us touching it off once or twice

 

[Griz44Mag]

We could all kick in a couple bucks as a group buy, I'm sure the Park Service wouldn't mind us touching it off once or twice

I LIKE that idea! I'm in!

 

[Captndan]

Hell I'll buy the first shot if I can be there.

 

[Mad L]

Not as big as that one, but canons are a BLAST!

 

[shorthair]

We could all kick in a couple bucks as a group buy, I'm sure the Park Service wouldn't mind us touching it off once or twice

Me thinks that the wonderful folks at the Park service would likely have a stroke if they heard about this terrific idea.

 

[nightwolf1974]

If I win the Powerball..I'll buy them both!

 

[Mknight702]

Does this count?


100 ton gun video


(Not my photo, not me in it)

 

[Mknight702]

Does this count

Just checked, full powder load was 5cwt or 560lbs for a 2,000 lb shell!

15 of them were made, some were fitted to two Italian battleships, the others were installed in Malta and Gibraltar to counter the Italian ships!