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  • #1
    OldShooter32
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 2064

    Cannon fire

    Wednesday, May 2nd about 11:00 I will be on Range 9 (subject to change) with "Old Moses" -- my full-size 1841 6-pound smoothbore cannon doing some demonstration live-fire with shot and canister. No shell, unfortunately!

    This is the cannon you may have seen on "Mythbusters" shooting at pirate ships, and trying out chain and nails as improvised ammo.

    No, we did NOT launch the cannonball into Dublin.

    You are welcome to come out and watch.


    http://www.youtube.com/watchv=QJOWKo0bkR4&feature=youtube_gdata_player









    Last edited by OldShooter32; 05-03-2012, 12:14 PM. Reason: Photos
    "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

    Walnut media for bright brass
    http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214
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    • #2
      Pthfndr
      In Memoriam
      • Oct 2005
      • 3691
      Now we all know who you are! Especially the guys who were out at the Sac Valley mil surp silhouette match
      Rob Thomas - Match Director NCPPRC Tactical Long Range Match

      Match Director Sac Valley Vintage Military Rifle Long Range Match

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        • #3
          Exile Machine
          No longer in Business
          CGN Contributor - Lifetime
          • Oct 2009
          • 9551
          Impressive.

          -Mark
          Manufacturer of CA AWB Compliance Products from Oct 2009 to Nov 2018

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            • #4
              bruceflinch
              I need a LIFE!!
              • Jan 2006
              • 40137
              That was YOU at the Match, Yesterday! You're the 2nd Calgunner I missed meeting.
              At least I met Mustang.
              Actually I only started collecting Milsurps 3 years ago. I think I might own about 24...They're cheaper than guns that will most likely never get the opportunity to kill somebody...

              I belong to the group that uses firearms, and knows which bathroom to use.

              Tis better to have Trolled & lost, Than to never have Trolled, at all.

              Secret Club Member?.

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                • #5
                  OldShooter32
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2012
                  • 2064
                  It is all these "secret identities" we have here. I am bad enough about names, but when I have to remember a real name, a screen name and the one your friends call you when you have your muffs on, it is tough!

                  "Old Shooter" is a double-play on, well, my age, but also on a term used at the ARNG nationals. 32 is (was) my badge number and call sign for way too many years as a cop. I was going to use "Old Moses" (cannon's name) but thought I'd be thought to be a religious fanatic or something. "Moses" was the nickname my wife picked for the gun since he "speaks with a great voice and lays down the law." I added the "old" to celebrate his years of service... And because it sounded cool.
                  Last edited by OldShooter32; 04-23-2012, 2:57 PM. Reason: More
                  "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

                  Walnut media for bright brass
                  http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214

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                    • #6
                      OldShooter32
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2012
                      • 2064
                      I have a couple solid shot and some canister loaded up...some water barrels and Sillhouette targets are going to be sorry! (not the steel Sillhouette ones though.)
                      "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

                      Walnut media for bright brass
                      http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214

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                        • #7
                          straykiller
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                          • Feb 2010
                          • 2573
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                            • #8
                              OldShooter32
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2012
                              • 2064
                              Bring a friend!
                              Last edited by OldShooter32; 04-29-2012, 9:00 PM.
                              "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

                              Walnut media for bright brass
                              http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214

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                                • #9
                                  OldShooter32
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Jan 2012
                                  • 2064
                                  Originally posted by straykiller
                                  link don't work
                                  Google YouTube "pig cannon Mythbusters" or similar. Links suck...
                                  "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

                                  Walnut media for bright brass
                                  http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214

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                                    • #10
                                      OldShooter32
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Jan 2012
                                      • 2064
                                      Still on. Two canister and two solid shot at least...
                                      "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

                                      Walnut media for bright brass
                                      http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214

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                                        • #11
                                          VegasND
                                          Calguns Addict
                                          • Aug 2007
                                          • 8621
                                          I'd love to come out and see you shoot your cannon; unfortunately there's no way I can make it. Have fun.
                                          Originally posted by OldShooter32
                                          Wednesday, May 2nd about 11:00 I will be on Range 9 (subject to change) with "Old Moses" -- my full-size 1841 6-pound smoothbore cannon doing some demonstration live-fire with shot and canister. No shell, unfortunately!

                                          This is the cannon you may have seen on "Mythbusters" shooting at pirate ships, and trying out chain and nails as improvised ammo.
                                          It's NOT too late y'know.
                                          No, we did NOT launch the cannonball into Dublin ...
                                          People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.
                                          --River Tam

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                                            • #12
                                              OldShooter32
                                              Senior Member
                                              • Jan 2012
                                              • 2064
                                              Still on schedule
                                              "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

                                              Walnut media for bright brass
                                              http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214

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