Toy BP Cannon?

Anyone here know anything about this?

AGE?
MANUFACTURER?
WORTH?

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c91/buckoff123/IMG_0614.jpg

How does it shoot?

I'd betcha a dollar that's a homemade one, made by some guy that worked in a machine shop. Looks pretty dang good, IMO, and worthy of cleaning up and putting back to use!

Don't think so.......the carriage is cast, the barrel is chrome plated. I can't imagine a machinist having a single carriage cast or having a chrome shop chome his barrel.

The wheels almost look like they were made on a CNC machine,check for tool marks of exceptional precision. If so it isn't very old.
My guess is that if there are no markings it is a one-off by someone with a well equipped shop.
It must be fired....:D

Does a can of hard frozen orange juice concentrate fit the bore? (Hint)

salty

The wheels definetly don't match the age of the rest of it. They're very nicely made though.

Have you measured the bore size? Depending on the wall thickness you may not want to shoot it at all. Or perhaps just with very small amounts of black powder and some light wadding loads.

Yeah, I think it's being held as evidence against the crew of "myth busters".

It's .36 caliber, smoothbore and the barrel is hard (tested in inconspicuous place).
I'm sure it is capable of shooting.

I am sure the wheels are the original ones. I'd guess this was made in the 1970's......

.36 caliber? It must be smaller than it looks. Got any more photos? Maybe one with something like a soda can for size comparison? I've always wanted a little cannon, where'd you get it?

Sorry, don't drink soda........beer has the same calories!
Those are brass 12 ga shells behind it.

Found it out pickin'!

It's ironic how some folks prefer that their reproduction revolvers are defarbed by removing all of the maker's marks, but then when it comes to other items like this model cannon, everyone wishes that the maker stamped their name on it to be able to identify where it came from. :)

Ive seen those offered on dixie gunworks site..........looks good on yer desk.........fer 169.00.............antique replica of bronzse boomer:eek:

If it was a full size cannon made in Italy to replicate a civil war era one, I'd remove the markings........

Since it is a "Toy" I'd like to at least know who made it and where.......
Obvioulsy it's not an import or it would be proofed.

Nice piece and I think it would look good polished up. I'm sure it would fire but the question would be "how many times?" It doesn't look like the barrel is attached to the carriage very well or did they weld it to the casting?

At any rate, I'd use something other than a firecracker fuse 'cause I'm not sure I'd want to stand beside it the first few times it was fired.

It has two countersunk allen heads (5/16") through the bottom of the carriage into the bottom of the barrel. The fit of the barrel into the carriage is very nice also.

Back in the 60s and 70s there were a lot of small cannons made,
Many were made to shoot a projectile, but some were also intended just for firing blank loads.

Have you dismounted the barrel from the carriage?
Might help to see if the threaded holes are into solid brass.
Especially since it looks like a cast barrel.

I seem to recall some barrels being cast hollow, intended for just blanks.

This barrel is steel....not brass and machined not cast..........
Man that rhymed!

Ah, sorry about that.
I was thinking from somewhere earlier that it was cast brass.
If It's a steel barrel I would shoot it.
Maybe starting out with some pistol loads for that caliber.

Somewhere at my parents house i have an old bangsite cannon. Man the fun we had with that when we were kids

Original barrels were brass,or bronze,and iron ,hence the term shooting iron,but the 100 yr anniversary of the civil war brought about the boom in replica scale cannon models available on the market ans there was no restriction on the importation in those days 1963 before the g c a of 1968.............no liability no markings .......... nice desk decoration though:D

The wheels look like machined aluminum castings.
I'd polish and blue it. Then, I'd proof it and shoot it.