Shooting an 18th Century Cannon

[Chantry]

The announcer is a bit much, but it's still interesting

 

 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

The hull of HMS victory were quite a bit thicker than that target, two feet at the waterline.

[Subdeacon Joe]

Looks like a 12 pounder.  Now he needs to do the same thing using a 42 pounder and a 24 pounder. 

At live shoots I've seen 6 pound shot go almost all the way through a 14 inch oak tree.*  Stopped about 4 inches short of breaking through.  

 

 

ADDED:

 

That was using a half pound of Goex Fg at about 200 yards,

[watab kid]

i would not want to be down range in any case 

[Whiskey Business]

21 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

Looks like a 12 pounder.  Now he needs to do the same thing using a 42 pounder and a 24 pounder. 

At live shoots I've seen 6 pound shot go almost all the way through a 14 inch oak tree.  Stopped about 4 inches short of breaking through.  

 

Voice of experience.