Artillery

[RPRNY]

I just had too. These are so good looking, if I do say so myself, and by far my favorite cartridge to load for:

540 grs paper patched slicks at .459" over 71.5 grs Old Eynsford 1.5 Fg. For my Pedersoli Rolling Block.

(45 acp for comparison)

 

[Armored farmer]

That looks like some serious gong ringers.
Well done.

 

[bannockburn]

RPRNY

That looks like it should make for a fun afternoon at the range! Keep up the good work!

 

[Patocazador]

What cartridge is that? Looks lethal.

 

[Acera]

What cartridge is that? Looks lethal.

.459" over 71.5 grs Old Eynsford 1.5 Fg.

Roughly a .45 bullet, about 70 grains of blackpowder..................................you think a .45-70 ?????



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[Thompsongunner]

How much compression are you getting with that load?

 

[RPRNY]

How much compression are you getting with that load?

Too much is my rough estimate.

It's topping 3/8" which is going to be too much but this is my first go with the 540 grs. I have had pretty good accuracy with a 535 gr Postell and nearly 1/4" compression, so I thought I would go ahead and try this. I will probably have to back it down to around 67 - 68 grs to get sub 1/4" compression. My other thought is try this compression with a Large Rifle primer to see what happens.

 

[Panzerschwein]

Looks like some serious buffalo busters!! Good job, OP!!

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

That's not artillery.

THIS is artillery:

Current load is 3oz of Cannon powder, or 2.5oz of 2F; each w/ a filler of Cremora or flour. Boom!

 

[Panzerschwein]

That's not artillery.

THIS is artillery:

Current load is 3oz of Cannon powder, or 2.5oz of 2F; each w/ a filler of Cremora or flour. Boom!

Is that a half scale? Is so, why not full scale? THIS is artillery!!

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

The 40 ton, 35" bore Tsar cannon. Wouldn't want to get hit by an almost 3' diameter cannon ball. It could make for a very bad day. I wonder how much powder this thing used per round? The recoil must have also been something.

 

[armoredman]

Wouldn't be a bad day at all - one minute you're fine, the next minute you're in front of the Pearly Gates asking St Peter, "Sir, could you tell me what happened?"

 

[4v50 Gary]

I learned that the Ottomans didn't haul their big artillery for knocking down fortresses/castles around. They casted them in place.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

I learned that the Ottomans didn't haul their big artillery for knocking down fortresses/castles around. They casted them in place.

Makes sense given the transportation infrastructure of the day. Even 3 to 400 years later Napoleon wanted to bring this cannon back to France but there was no way it was going to happen in the early 1800'a.

 

[whughett]

The 40 ton, 35" bore Tsar cannon. Wouldn't want to get hit by an almost 3' diameter cannon ball. It could make for a very bad day. I wonder how much powder this thing used per round? The recoil must have also been something.

Can't help but wonder how many rounds before that bronze barrel blew apart.

 

[Jim Watson]

More than it actually fired... if any. I wonder if it is just kind of a "ballistic monument" not meant to be actually shot.

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

Is that a half scale? Is so, why not full scale? THIS is artillery!!

It is a 1/2 scale, 1841 Field Howitzer. And unlike the Tsar cannon, it is all mine.

 

[Panzerschwein]

It is a 1/2 scale, 1841 Field Howitzer. And unlike the Tsar cannon, it is all mine.

Well bigger is better right? Thanks for showing us yours! (whatever it has to do with the OP).

 

[daboyleroy]

Is that a half scale? Is so, why not full scale? THIS is artillery!!

Small potatoes
What about........?
The German Heavy Gustav was the largest gun ever built. It was more than 150 feet long, 40 feet tall and weighed almost 1,500 tons. The steel giant Krupp A.G. made only two, and neither worked well.

The weapon derived from experience. After witnessing the success of other railway guns, the German High Command asked Krupp’s engineers to design a weapon to destroy the French border fortifications along the Maginot Line.

The Gustav’s barrel alone was more than 100 feet long and fired 31-inch-wide, 12-foot-long shells at an effective ranges of 20 miles. The ammo came in two varieties — a five-ton explosive round and a seven-ton armor piercer.

But the impressively massive superweapons were dinosaurs. It was too bulky, took too long to fire and required hundreds of troops to operate. For centuries, better artillery meant bigger artillery, but that changed during World War II.





Bigger IS better??

 

[daboyleroy]

Somewhat off subject ....still a cannon/artillery.... .just different "powder"
But this cannon is a lot of fun to make and shoot
First one was air compressor for power.
2nd was hairspray for power ...only took a little
Both could chunk a spud
Fun was had by all
http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Original-Potato-Cannon/

 

[armoredman]

From rail guns to spud guns - only at THR.

 

[Kendal Black]

The Gustav’s barrel alone was more than 100 feet long and fired 31-inch-wide, 12-foot-long shells at an effective ranges of 20 miles. The ammo came in two varieties — a five-ton explosive round and a seven-ton armor piercer.

A .45-70 is easier to cart around.

 

[Dog Soldier]

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I just had too. These are so good looking, if I do say so myself, and by far my favorite cartridge to load for:

540 grs paper patched slicks at .459" over 71.5 grs Old Eynsford 1.5 Fg. For my Pedersoli Rolling Block.

(45 acp for comparison)

RP what paper are you using? Those look like "Greasers" bullets? I size the Postell down to .452 and dbl wrap for a .458. I have a paper patch chamber in a Sharps Gemmer .45-110-535. I have been using 30/1 alloy and Air Mail cotton paper wiped with egg whites. Nice looking bullets.

 

[Kaeto]

Wouldn't be a bad day at all - one minute you're fine, the next minute you're in front of the Pearly Gates asking St Peter, "Sir, could you tell me what happened?"

And your buddies are using a sponge to pick up your remains.

 

[armoredman]

Bury me in a cigar box.