My new mini cannon!

[DennisCA]

dirk911 - you should've had this as your title:

 

[dirk911]

I'm not sure how far it can shoot but I know a few things first hand. It will go through 5 cardboard boxes. It will go through a full beer can in and out. It will go through two glass beer bottles, and it's capable of denting a shed door lol. If I can come up with a way to aim it more than a few feet I will update on the range.

 

[dirk911]

dirk911 - you should've had this as your title:

YES! Lol

 

[rrrrrrkevin]

I have the other one that shoots .177 BB's and its definitely nowhere near as powerful as that one. It dents soda cans sitting right next to them. Its about the same size as that one, I wonder if it can be bored out to .30

 

[dirk911]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5Bn6ptsWc

Here's a little penetration test I did tonight on cans. It got stuck in number 6

 

[j_h_smith]

Where's the ballistic gel test. Come on, this is Maryland Shooters, we want the best.

Jim Smith

 

[llkoolkeg]

It would sure be fun to have a dozen of those to mount to a foot long piece of 4x4 with a little recess for each to nestle into for recoil resistance. If the range as stated on the website is up to 100 yards, the fps cannot be that much but it's made to function like a lobbing mortar. Will they shoot firecrackers and such also?

 

[j_h_smith]

They're not really long enough to shoot firecrackers.

Jim Smith

 

[DaemonAssassin]

Can we make a longer barreled one?

 

[traveller]

You wasted beer !

 

[lsw]

They're not really long enough to shoot firecrackers.

Jim Smith

cherry bombs? I mean if if you could find one...

 

[willtill]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5Bn6ptsWc

Here's a little penetration test I did tonight on cans. It got stuck in number 6

You wasted beer !

That's no waste of beer. Natural Light is a horrible beer and he justifiably condemned it to death.

Take note Anheuser-Busch.

 

[j_h_smith]

cherry bombs? I mean if if you could find one...

A golf ball cannon is what you're looking for. They are made in many styles.

Jim Smith

 

[j_h_smith]

Can we make a longer barreled one?

Yes, there are web pages with full instructions. The metal lathe would be the one drawback. But if you have one of them, a cannon would be easy to make.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

 

[j_h_smith]

You wasted beer !

I'm sure these were empty cans. There's no way this pocket cannon has enough power to go through 5.5 full beer cans.

Jim Smith

 

[dirk911]

They were all empty cans don't worry lol.

I want to build a .50 cal with a 8" barrel

 

[j_h_smith]

Here's a quick picture of 2 more cannon. The larger one is a 75 caliber and the smaller one (under the larger cannon) is my son's and it's a 30 caliber.

The 75 cal when loaded with 150 gr of BP makes about a 8 foot fireball and is louder than any of my BP rifles.

The is another thread about cannons that I started some time ago. There are a few of us that have cannons, there is one member that is building a really nice one.

Jim Smith

 

[dirk911]

I'm so jealous! These are awesome and look great. Thanks for sharing

Here's a quick picture of 2 more cannon. The larger one is a 75 caliber and the smaller one (under the larger cannon) is my son's and it's a 30 caliber.

The 75 cal when loaded with 150 gr of BP makes about a 8 foot fireball and is louder than any of my BP rifles.

The is another thread about cannons that I started some time ago. There are a few of us that have cannons, there is one member that is building a really nice one.

Jim Smith

 

[DaemonAssassin]

Yes, there are web pages with full instructions. The metal lathe would be the one drawback. But if you have one of them, a cannon would be easy to make.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

I might be able to pull something out of my hat if I ask the right people nicely.

 

[JDH146]

These golf ball cannons look to be well made . The first is a mortar, the second a field cannon.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/939157858/WWII-Golf-Ball-Mortar-Cannon.htm

http://www.gunsamerica.com/977100484/1-3-4-Bore-Golfball-Field-Cannon.htm