Dixie 1 3/4" bore

[Scharms]

Has anyone here used (or own) DGW's 1/2 scale 1841 6 Pounder cannon 1 3/4" bore? There are no reviews on their website... ...Sounds like it would be just the ticket for golf balls!

 

[buzz]

Cant help on Dixie barrel question
golf balls use 1 3/4 bore as the range from 1.69 to 1.71 and yes the bore is 1.75
must allow for windage as cannons are not the same as a rifle
as the bore gets bigger shooting chartoistics change although i use a cotton cleaning patch in my 1 inch and 3/4 cannons as i load and move to the fireing line nice keepingthe ball seated
golf balls make poor projectiles and not accurate but it is fun showing folks what your shooting if accuracy is not important and noise and fun is but there are sources for lead balls in golf ball dia's
I sold my golf ball cannon it had a cast iron barrel with steel liner and im making a new barrel
out of good grade steel
i be very interested if you find out any info on these barrels
buzz

 

[KABAR2]

Most Dixie cannon are made by Hern Iron Works,
Contact them with your questions, also buying
from Hern will cost you less than Dixie.
http://www.hernironworks.com/cannons.html

 

[flintlock75]

If using golf balls DO NOT shoot at any solid objects. Golfballs can bounce back from a solid surface, they are ok for shooting out over water or at targets over 200 yards away. You will be safer using a lead ball. Be sure of your back stop as even big lead balls will recocet of rocks.

 

[Scharms]

Thanks for the tip KaBar! Might help save some $$ :grin:

 

[Pete G]

So what is a proper load for this bore size?

 

[buzz]

Im sure other will chime in but for me in my 1" bore cannon i shoot between 175of 2F or 225 grains of 1F
i just got my cannon form signed/notorizered and ready to buy my 1 3/4 bore barrel for my next prodject from Hern
but the one i had few years ago i shooting 425 grains of 2f and 500 grains 1F
NOw the only reasion i was shoot 2F was to get rid of it as it was pyrodex and i had a case to get rid of
The NSSA i think has a chart for safe loads per bore size

 

[sc45-70]

I use 550 grains of 1f with 1/3 cup of cornmeal on top for a blank load in my 1 3/4 inch bore Howitzer.
The cornmeal gives some resistance for a louder report and the illusion of more smoke.
See Howitzer for pictures.
SC45-70

 

[Darkgael]

Not a cannon - I have two GB mortars. The most that I have ever loaded has been 85 grains of Fg powder. That makes a GB go pretty smartly.
Last year, I picked up a barrel of GB sized steel balls and used the same load. The result was startlingly different - very much louder and sharper and the steel ball was gone, never to be found. Despite it's size, no one saw it go; it was that fast.
Pete

 

[TheDoubleD]

I just lodged a mould with Roto Metals to cast zinc in golf ball diameter. As soon as I get a sample and if they check out okay they will be available for purchase from them.

 

[Darkgael]

Douglas: Who are the people who made the steel GBs? IIRC, they are steel.
Pete

 

[TheDoubleD]

Fox Industries. They are listed in the classifieds on GBO