Almost shot it a mile! Darn it!

[CANNONMAN]

Greetings old friends. I rebuilt the parts of my larger cannon that for some reason I kind of blew apart. [Just the wood.] Any way, A buddy of mine and my Dear Wife helped me set up a range that was right at 1.5 miles. This guy found it's range at 1,650 yards. Just missed the mile. Shucks. Missed ya'll. Shot is 2.77" with 6oz of my own BP. Also my shot mold with wheel weights. Man-o-man is this thing fun to shoot! shot and powder charge are on cannon. Last. Thanks and a shout out to ofitg for building me an electronic firing station to use my electronic matches.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

Correction noted.

 

[792mauser]

Darned impressive

 

[Sistema1927]

A mile is 5,280 feet/1760 yards.

Now that you have updated the OP from feet to yards my post makes no sense, so ignore.

 

[Panzerschwein]

That cannon looks like it has good stopping power!

 

[Plastikosmd]

Nice work!

 

[4v50 Gary]

Crank it up a a notch.

 

[CANNONMAN]

I tried to get more out of it. I know there are a several of you who can explain this better than I, but here goes...[I know this is full of mistakes but I think it's mostly correct. Fell free to straighten me out.] Terminal ability. No matter how much you add elevation or powder charge you just can not get any more out of the darn thing. Sorry about using so much technical terminology and high brow mathematics to explain this. But to reiterate, it sure is fun to shoot!