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Where do you go to shoot a cannon ?
Quoted from the "Springfield Daily Republican and left unedited, Saturday Edition, Section B, Page 1, Left Column Bi-line, under "Holyoke", January 1, 2005:
"Canon Burns Man
A Holyoke man suffered burns to his upper body when a canon he had made to celebrate New Year's Eve went off in front of his home at 61 Arthur St., a fire official said.
The 31 year old man, whose name was not released, was transported by ambulance to Holyoke Medical Center, then by Lifeflight to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worchester, said Deputy Chief W.Timothy Nelson of the Holyoke Fire Department
The full extent of the man's injuries were not known last night, but he is in stable condition and his burns were not considered life-threatening, Nelson said.
The man made a foot-long canon, which was attached to a block of wood, and planned to use it to fire black powder and make noise on New Year's Eve, Nelson said. He was trying to clean the canon on his front porch when it went off about 8:30 p.m."
This was probably produced as a presentation piece, and is number 20 of a series. It was made as a novelty piece and the extremely light load marked on the barrel is done to protect both the consumer and the manufacturer from a liability suit. Also the reason the barrel isn't vented. You may want to look into having it x-rayed if you plan to use it often.
Where do you go to shoot a cannon ?
I did some more looking, and I felt some roughness on the underside. Is this an ispection area? many punch/grinder looking marks?? Also notice trunnions are welded in place on the underside!
Or was there a mistake, or other information they wanted to hide?
Did you happen to ask him what the marks on the underside were?
Musket, what load would you advise??
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