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How do I build this Firecracker Artillery Gun?
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MaroonedinMA
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I've never wanted to drop what I am doing and build something I saw on the net, so badly. I absolutely support a build party. Probably a trip to Tennessee to get the sort of fireworks necessary to operate it.
allen-1
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Fireworks are legal in Georgia.
chris_1001
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Make your own (firework) here. Call it a cannon blank… get the cannon license and have fun?
Shark_Cage
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It would be a good excuse to get a cannoneer license
Mtn_Guy
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Mini Firecracker Cannon
Mini firecracker cannons are a fun novelty for some quick laughs! Each made with a 6" x 1" brass barrel mounted in a hardwood carriage with hardwood wheels. Simply unscrew the breech, load a firecracker into the breech fuse-first, place a #11 percussion cap on the breech nipple and strike it...
northamericancannon.com
Mtn_Guy
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Mini Cannon Crackers - Keystone Fireworks
A box of 100 individually fused waterproof crackers. A great value.
keystonefireworks.com
chris_1001
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Cool. But not $300 cool.Mini Firecracker Cannon
Mini firecracker cannons are a fun novelty for some quick laughs! Each made with a 6" x 1" brass barrel mounted in a hardwood carriage with hardwood wheels. Simply unscrew the breech, load a firecracker into the breech fuse-first, place a #11 percussion cap on the breech nipple and strike it...
Thirwell1216
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European fireworks don't have all the trappings of what we have here:
Your head will spin with what you can get in Germany:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP5KFtYE-uI
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBu5Ise5AO8
Your head will spin with what you can get in Germany:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP5KFtYE-uI
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBu5Ise5AO8
namedpipes
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We were 13 in Buenos Aires, we used to buy stuff like that and walk around the city lighting them.
We would throw them in puddles and watch them blow up.
Fun is not allowed in MA, have to bubble wrap everyone.
chris_1001
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I don't think that would meet the bore diameter to need a cannoneers license here in MA
As far as ammo, upsizes and roll your own ,
Thanks for posting the link.
Early 1700s Grenadier Hand Mortar | Veteran Arms From Muzzleloading Era
History The hand mortar was first developed during the mid-1500’s but reached its peak of popularity during the period 1670-1750. It was designed to throw an ex
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All those are illegal in Germany but Poland, Slovenia and a couple other places basically don't give a shit, they will sell you stuff that will blow up a car without hesitation.....
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I don’t know why this popped back up, but I believe that’s the can and Johnny still shoot himself in the ball sack with in jackass or maybe it was the fat guy shoot himself in the stomach either way it looked like it burned just a little bit
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Dennis in MA
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Back in 79 or 80, my uncle showed up at the annual FOJ bash with his buddy's cannon. Little thing. He had little idea how to work it. But got it loaded and fired it. Damn it was loud. It was probably a 1/2" bore. My aunts all bitched about it.
Now, for me, it may or may not be true that in my teens, I got an Xacto knife and cut open. . . . 50 or 60 firecrackers, amassed all the powder into one fake M-80 shell stuffed it into the aluminum tube from the patio umbrella, dropped a roundish rock over it and lit it. I had the presence of mind to duck behind a lifted-up 2x8 picnic table. Watched the rock slowly sail into hte woods from over the pick'a'nick table. No damage to the belly-pole.
Allegedly.
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Most likely from an Indian reservation.
June4th
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I watched the same video yesterday, many times! I was gonna start a kiddo project for the fun of it. I’m glad now we have a build party!
The build process:
View: https://youtu.be/zpVHb6wbKl0?si=TXONCUbIbuVvzQs4
The build process:
View: https://youtu.be/zpVHb6wbKl0?si=TXONCUbIbuVvzQs4
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Manchester Makerspace is hosting a "build your own mini salute cannon" class next month.
Students will start with a length of brass round bar, work through several lathe operations, finish with a functional black powder cannon. Can also build a small wooden carriage in the woodshop. Scaling up is left as an exercise for the student and their homeowner's insurance.
Students will start with a length of brass round bar, work through several lathe operations, finish with a functional black powder cannon. Can also build a small wooden carriage in the woodshop. Scaling up is left as an exercise for the student and their homeowner's insurance.
