atlanticfire
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I've had this idea before, call me deranged but someone is building them apparently and I like it.http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=169498640
The Ad said:BUYER MUST SIGN WAIVER OF LIABILITY.
Don't know how wide a bowling ball is ....
I don't even want to be in the same county during the test firing.
Main Entry: how·it·zer
Pronunciation: \ˈhau̇-ət-sər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Dutch houwitser, ultimately from Czech houfnice ballista
Date: 1695
: a short cannon used to fire projectiles at medium muzzle velocities and with relatively high trajectories
how·itz·er /ˈhaʊɪtsər/ Show Spelled[hou-it-ser] Show IPA
–nounOrdnance.
a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used esp. for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
howitzer noun /ˈhaʊ.ɪt.sər//-sɚ/ n [C]
a large gun which fires shells (= very large bullets) high into the air so that they drop onto the place at which they are aimed
(Definition of howitzer noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
I may be wrong. It may not be a howitzer. How is a howitzer different?
No one has commented on the legality of this contraption. I think it would attract unwanted attention from unwelcome visitors.
Wow, even with 12-lb balls, that is an additional 2400 lbs. Plus the tow weight of the cannon...better bring the 1 ton dually.BUYER CAN HAVE UP TO 200 BOWLING BALLS WITH THE HOWITZER.