My New Cannon

[AR22]

Built this 1/3 scale Cannon somewhat after a Civil War Model.

Carriage cost me less than 70.00. I may put some wooden wheels on it in the future but had these old Iron antique ones around. May also make some better trunnion Caps as the ones I made are kinda crappy looking.

Barrel was the expensive part at 300.00.

It is a 1 inch bore.

I took it out and shot it today with a steel ball. At a safe dirt backstop, before any one asks

Very happy as it hit where I was aiming and had a nice little BOOM.

I know it is not a exact Replica. But had to keep expense down as much as possible..

Never really had a Plan, just built it in my head as I went

Heres a pic. Nothing special but pretty cheap to build and should be alot of Fun.

[Occams Rasor]

Very cool. Did you cast the barrel yourself?
Does it have rifling or smooth bore?
How much does it jump when it goes off?

[thenodnarb]

How much powder does it use?

That is pretty cool. I may want one some day.

[riddler408]

bad ***

[VegasND]

Nice little cannon. It should be a lot of fun to shoot.

[CSACANNONEER]

Cute little toy.

[kcjr1125]

That's pretty awesome OP. I'd buy one if you decide to sell one..

[iluvmycolt]

Nice cannon you have there OP. When can the rest of us shoot it...?

[AR22]

Today I shot 150 Grains of 1F Black. Would handle up to 180 G I suppose but 150 is on the safer side. I would even like to have some Cannon grade Black. But it was hard enough to find 1F locally.

I need to get some more fuse ordered. Any of you Cannon guys know a source for some that burns at maybe around 30 seconds a foot?

It is a smooth Bore.

Bought the barrel already cast.

It does not jump a whole lot. Barrel alone weighs close to 40 pounds. With carriage the whole assembly is nearing 100 pounds. So that is alot to push around. It is nearing a chore to get it in the Pickup myself. Not as young as I used to be.

Thanks, probably not going to ever sell it but you never know. I may build another one

I always wanted to build one for a long time. Thought I better do it before it was too late..

[sealocan]

very cool one-third replica cannon...now you just need 4 of those little mini ponies to pull it around.

I actually like the cast iron wheels even though they are not correct historically.

that's the kind of thing that would look great in a parade.

nice job AR22.

[AR22]

The wheels I bought at a Garage sale for 15.00. They were alot of the expense of the Carriage

Thanks for the kind comments.

I will look into the Ponies...

If I can get my Son to make a video on his Phone and figure out how to put it up. I will let you guys see it in action..

I am technologically challenged for the most part.

[CSACANNONEER]

Fuse? Who uses fuse? Friction primers or a slow match is period correct and safer.

Is that a scaled down mountain howitzer barrel instead of a cannon barrel?

[Enfield47]

Now that looks lie fun to shoot! Nicely done.

[pitfighter]

Love it - try it with buck shot.

[rdfact]

Very cool.
How long is the barrel?