Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Dunno if this has been shared here before or not, but what the heck ~ I want one! 4 1 3 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 Huh! Amazon has 'em! Just do a search for "Firecracker Cannon" and bunches of 'em pop up - some as low as twenty bucks! 1 2 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 We used to make those when I was a kid. Didn't look as nice as this one (made of pipe and 2" x 4" scraps) but it worked the same. We sometimes got a roll of fuse (State Hardware, penny a foot) and cut them to different lengths so they'd go off of at different times. Set fire to a vacant lot once and ended up learning a dozen lessons from it. 1 2 Quote
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted January 7 Posted January 7 5 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Dunno if this has been shared here before or not, but what the heck ~ I want one! Righteous fun right there. I want one too. 1 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 8 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: We used to make those when I was a kid. Didn't look as nice as this one (made of pipe and 2" x 4" scraps) but it worked the same. We sometimes got a roll of fuse (State Hardware, penny a foot) and cut them to different lengths so they'd go off of at different times. Set fire to a vacant lot once and ended up learning a dozen lessons from it. Part of the training to be an ordnance officer? 2 Quote
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Please pardon that distant evil cackle ... I'm dry-washing my hands and twirling my mustache like Dishonest John, thinking of how much trouble I could have gotten into as a child, with this dastardly device ... ... heh, heh, heh ... 1 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 7 Posted January 7 We made em with pipe and "hammer head" fire crackers (like an M80 with the fuse on the side). Dropped a large marble down behind it! Would go thru a 6" birch! 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Part of the training to be an ordnance officer? I never thought of it, but yeah. It at least lit the fuse. (Notice that clever way I snuck that cannon ignition reference in there? That's Ordnance talk. ) 1 2 Quote
Finagler 6853 Life Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Years ago, one of our former tool makers gave me a miniature cannon he made. He made it out brass, has the caisson/carriage under it, a fuse hole and uses 44 caliber round balls. Only fired it once. I might try a firecracker in it now. Sounds like fun. 1 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) 15 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Apparently it is legal to ship them to the PRoK Probably cause cancer though...if you eat one...make that 1,431 of them...in one day. Edited January 8 by Cypress Sun 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 8 Posted January 8 3 minutes ago, Finagler 6853 Life said: Years ago, one of our former tool makers gave me a miniature cannon he made. He made it out brass, has the caisson/carriage under it, a fuse hole and uses 44 caliber round balls. Only fired it once. I might try a firecracker in it now. Sounds like fun. The only issue with crackers is getting all the paper out of the barrel. Quote
Finagler 6853 Life Posted January 8 Posted January 8 1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said: The only issue with crackers is getting all the paper out of the barrel. Have no fears. I will finagle something. 1 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 8 Posted January 8 1 hour ago, Finagler 6853 Life said: Have no fears. I will finagle something. Try a small muzzleloader patch remover Quote
Black Angus McPherson Posted January 8 Posted January 8 I made something similar, but much cruder, when I was a kid. I tried the firecracker shooting a firecracker thing many times. It would shoot out the projectile firecracker all right, but it never lit the fuse. I'm skeptical of the video. Angus 1 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 On 1/7/2025 at 5:27 PM, Sedalia Dave said: Apparently it is legal to ship them to the PRoK The downside is... just like with anything else that shoots, getting ammunition for this in california would be problematic. Actually, more difficult than anything else south of .50 BMG. 'Cept, mebbe for San Francisco's Chinatown just before Chinese New Year. Which is coming up...! 1 Quote
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