Black powder cannon legal?

[Nick1236]

Did a search and here and didnt find anything. Are homemade black powder cannons in .177cal legal in california? There is no primer or firing pin. Iginited with a small cannon fuse and black powder. I wanna make one at work just for fun but didnt want to run into any problems. Iknow zip guns are illegal but I dont think this falls under that definition.

Any help, links would be appreciated.

-Nick

[TheExpertish]

I'd nose around a legal website and read CA Penal Code 12020 for starters and see what you read. I want to say no, but if it shoots something I think someone somewhere might have a problem with it.

[gunboat]

Your boss may have the biggest objection.

[Peter.Steele]

Black powder, non-fixed ammunition. It's not even legally a firearm.

[Levetti]

Somebody was shooting one at the Metcalf range in San Jose about a month ago. Its a County range, so if it was illegal they definately would not have been firing it. It was pretty cool to watch.

[prob]

Not illegal.

[tujungatoes]

Hey nick If you make one for me I'll compensate you for time and materials. I promised my girlfriend a while back I'd get her a cannon.

[CSACANNONEER]

I bought a .177 cannon a few years ago. It only uses a fuse to expell the round and it's fun to play with.

If Toes gets one, I want one too!

[big103]

Ive seen one for sale at a gun store in my area and it wasn't the first one he sold. I`m pretty sure there legal.

[RudyN]

They are legal, oherwise we would have problems at Civil War reenactments with full size cannons and mortars.

[Nick1236]

Awesome thanks for the feedback guys. I'll play around with the idea of making a few. I'll let you know if I decide to start selling them.

I'll take a picture of mine when I'm done.

[IntoForever]

Hey nick If you make one for me I'll compensate you for time and materials. I promised my girlfriend a while back I'd get her a cannon.

I bought a .177 cannon a few years ago. It only uses a fuse to expell the round and it's fun to play with.

If Toes gets one, I want one too!

Group buy??

[bplvr]

like this at Moorpark in Nov. ?

[CSACANNONEER]

We won't be using .177 caliber cannons at Moorpark. I don't think te OP is ready to take on building a 3" gun yet.

[Mikeb]

So my quarter bore swivel gun is legal here? Well that is good news. I was worried after reading here that a guy got busted for a carbide cannon.
Now I just need to find a place to shoot it.
Mike