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Jul 08, 2009 03:51

Made Momo a cannon for the 4th. It is a 1" bore brass coehorn mortar. Nice and small. It is a companion piece for Louisa's swivel mortar of the same gauge. They fire those little smoke balls. Mo's is a little tighter in tolerances and with a 20 grain powder charge sends a ball about 67 meters at a 45 degree angle. Using ballistic equations that ( Read more... )

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sledzeppelin July 8 2009, 13:18:44 UTC
God Bless America.

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phuphuphnik July 8 2009, 17:10:24 UTC
"you too can celebrate the founding of your country by blowing up a piece of it."
Bringing the golfball cannon up BTW.

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sledzeppelin July 8 2009, 17:56:21 UTC
Well I should hope so.

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