My Hand Gonne

Got a great gift from Pitchy, a .50 cal hand gonne. I decided to blue it and got mounted on a shovel handle. Gotta get my match cord and holder made and drill the touch hole, then I can practice accuracy. I want to get one of those big hogs we have here in Texas with it.

 

[mazo kid]

Hey! How do you rate a gonne from Pitchy?? Nice looking one, by the way. Let us know if you get one of those hogs, along with pictures. Emery

 

[Musketeer]

Uh oh...Now everone and his brother will be asking Pitchy to build them a gonne. I know I sure will when I get some extra cash. :haha: :hatsoff:

 

[PitchyPine]

Glad ya like it RB and hogs look out.
Thanks gents, i`ll be building a canon for a spell next. :thumbsup:

 

[Leonredbeard]

Ahem, Roaring Bull,
Let me give the benefit of my experience with the handgonne.
A friend and I were shooting at a five eighth inch plywood backer with our target on it. This was with the .60 cal. that I sold to Musketeer. At 28 grs. 3fg. some shots did not penetrate the backer at 30 yards.
Now I know you can increase the powder, but you are working with a pistol length barrel, and your velocity will not increase like it would with a longer barrel.
I am thinking that one of those hoggs are a bit tougher than a piece of plywood.
All I am asking is that you think this through. Enraged hoggs can do you a great deal of damage.
volatpluvia

 

[bingo1952]

He may need to consider a good long plug bayonet for that gonne as a second line of defense. Truth be known it wold probably be more effective than the ball would be.
:hmm:

 

[mckutzy]

on this guys hompage, there is a gonne that might just do the trick. i think that this was a previous job that he did, but hey a gonne and a boars spear. :thumbsup: do something like this and u might be somewhat protected.

 

Thanks for the advice...it has not fallen on deaf ears. I believe that I will stick to my .54 for hogs and leave the gonne for target fun.

Might bring it along in case I see a small pig tho....

 

[Charles D. Prokopp]

If need be, you can always bop him on the noggin with the discharged gonne. :thumbsup: