rcmodel
Member in memoriam
I built the this thing from scratch, including the barrel, working in the evenings in the Ft. Carson CO post rec. center shop in 1968.
The barrel was bored & turned from brass bar stock, and the trunnions silver-solderd in place.
It beat setting in the post NCO Club getting drunk with the other NCO's every night I guess!
Or maybe not??
It fires a .45 cal. lead ball, and is actually quite devastating on target!
Better suited for making noise though, as the recoil with a full charge and ball is a little rough on the carrage!
The other smaller one:
I actually built this one first as a "see if I could do it" sort of thing.
I roughly modeled it after the cannon that set in front of the 5th Infantry Division headquarters building at Ft. Carson CO then.
It has a 9/32” bore and fired #2 buckshot.
The wheels and part of the carriage were destroyed by Army hired moving van gorillas in 1970!
Naval cannon from a kit & a Cast Iron Dummy:
Steel barrel - .45 cal.
Big Bangs:Big-Bang carbide cannons I have picked up over the years.
The kids loved them when they were little.
The neighbors?
Not so much!
rc
The barrel was bored & turned from brass bar stock, and the trunnions silver-solderd in place.
It beat setting in the post NCO Club getting drunk with the other NCO's every night I guess!
Or maybe not??
It fires a .45 cal. lead ball, and is actually quite devastating on target!
Better suited for making noise though, as the recoil with a full charge and ball is a little rough on the carrage!
The other smaller one:
I actually built this one first as a "see if I could do it" sort of thing.
I roughly modeled it after the cannon that set in front of the 5th Infantry Division headquarters building at Ft. Carson CO then.
It has a 9/32” bore and fired #2 buckshot.
The wheels and part of the carriage were destroyed by Army hired moving van gorillas in 1970!
Naval cannon from a kit & a Cast Iron Dummy:
Steel barrel - .45 cal.
Big Bangs:Big-Bang carbide cannons I have picked up over the years.
The kids loved them when they were little.
The neighbors?
Not so much!
rc