Charlie T Waite Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Civil War Style Whitworth 12 Pounder Black Powder Signal Cannon. Handmade - Resembles the Whitworth 12 pounder field artillery cannon used during the civil war. Steel barrel is approx. 6 1/2" inches long 3/8" barrel O.D. and breech is 5/8" O.D. ( breech is removable for easy cleaning and/or breech loading) 1/4" inches dia. bore with 1/8" touch hole. Carriage is made of Oak wood, brass rigging detail, wooden spoke wheels with lock chain. With a bucket, ram rod.Now just have to figure how much FFF to use to make a nice bang. Of course I just super blued the barrell & breach plug so it looks a lot better. Photos Added as requested by Johnny Dollar - Click HereCharlie
Johnny Dollar Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Charlie, your gonna make a post like this with no pictures?
Flush Draw Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Fill it, pack it, pack it, pack it some more, light it and let her go. Just ask any of us Paradise pass folks. We love watching cannons fly!
Charlie T Waite Posted June 7, 2014 Author Posted June 7, 2014 Used itto startthe monthly today with FFF. Nice loud report, & everyone really.liked.it. Charlie
Waimea Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Better warn folks before lettin' it rip... It's the only polite thing ta do. Waimea
Spittoon O Tool SASS #62053 Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Better warn folks before lettin' it rip... It's the only polite thing ta do. Waimea FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!!!!!
Charlie T Waite Posted June 10, 2014 Author Posted June 10, 2014 We had fun with it - it was louder than some thought it would be, but everyone enjoyed it. I have since super blued the barrel & breach block and it came out almost black so looks really good now. Charlie
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