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My latest acquisition, a golf ball mortar. Artillery I can shoot in my driveway. On occasion a group will form an ad hoc golf ball mortar match at a regional skirmish, looks like it could be a lot of fun.
 

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Very nice, That will be a lot of fun.
You will need some of those orange tracer golf balls.
Please give some spec's on the shooting. Amount of powder, range, height of projectile when you can.
Now I'm wondering if the flash of the powder would "charge" up a glow in the dark ball.
 
I have a few gb mortars. One I made on a little lathe from a design by Douglas Dickens.
 

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I made one over Covid lockdown. Started with 3” bar stock of 4140. Crude copy of Coehorn mortor. Shoots golf balls from 50 to approximately 500 yds depending on the powder charge. Wadding makes a big difference in golf ball distance.
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Beautiful job. It doesn’t look at all crude to me.
Note: wadding does increase distance. It also increases pressure.
Search for Max Load to find a thread started by Grottorian in 2007. Good info.
Look at the Safe loads and construction thread in the stickies section.
 
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