In high school eons ago, we built a miniature Civil War cannon in machine shop. Beer cans full of sand were used as projectiles. They made a heck of a noise going downrange.
The amount of people that burn out drillbits and blame me for selling bad drillbits (i sell tools) and finish their sentence with wd40 is frustrating, but i feel so much better when i see their face after explaining it.
I have a 3.2" shrapnel shell in my collection. It is a really neat projectile, & one of my favorites. Nice to get to see the cannon that would shoot it. America!
Many years ago we made projectiles for a guy who cast rough slugs out of scrap Aluminium, We machined the outside, drilled a 20x150mm Hole that he filled with lead, 20 mm from the base we cuta 8mm x 12 mm groove. We made a small mold that he could pour copper in to make driving band , just cut the spur off and sand flat. Mind you, we never got to actually shoot his cannon, Which was annoying.. sadly the lot got destroyed in the 96 gun buyback..
I used copper fittings filled with lead. We never found out the maximum range. As there is no long flat area that the is safe to use. But it sure made a mess if it hit a tree. We had more fun with firing a plastic container filled with 50% lead shot and 50% plaster. With this ratio you get a big puff of white when it landed. Fun when you young.
@@assassinlexx1993 Lols I used to machine Cannon and Mortar barrels to use Coke Cans as ammunition. Very cheap ammunition jackets that could be filled with everything... Sadly all this is a pipe dream now... But I still have 4000 acres to drive around on.
@@HebrewHammerArmsCo You can't even afford the cost of black powder these days. Like the old joke of the Texan. That it took all day to drive from one side of the ranch to the other. The other guy said yup I had a truck like that too.
@@assassinlexx1993 I used to buy South African UEE 2F and 3F on my Explosives License $20 kg (2.2 Lbs) These days 1kg is $150 apparently because of Covid..
If you contemplate doing this: There should be as near to ZERO airspace surrounding black powder in the chamber as possible. In fact, a bit of compression of the load is better than none at all.
Great America ! In Italy they would have imprisoned him and thrown the key into the sea. Thing. In Italy only criminals have guns. In Italy it is forbidden to defend oneself, although the constitution provides for it. In Italy a poor man who shot and killed a robber, the judges, as well as jailing him, gave him the house and gave it to the relatives of the robber. Crazy right?
Unfortunately this is not only in İtaly but almost whole Western Europe , here in France too, England or Germany, defending yourself and innocent people get you jailed up for 5 or 10 years, but thiefs, rapers , drug dealers are released after a few months or years, our rulers are traitors destroying the nations.
@@justin8894 He is and let me assure you I didn't. But over half of our population lives in Ontario and Quebec. Those two provinces are a lot like New York and Michigan. Full of lefties and immigrants of color. Our election system is deeply flawed and based entirely on population not provincial electors.
You might be interested to know that this gun was used in service with shrapnel shell, which would have used a time fuse in order to burst before arriving at the target.
Shells have a (usually explosive) filling. Those projectiles without filling are commonly called “shot.” I have heard Artillerymen speak of “projectiles,” or projos.
I shoot tracer round from my golf ball cannon, by adding nitrocellulose lacquer to magnesium flash, with which I fill a cavity in each golf ball. This is hot enough to burn most of the golf ball, if launched almost vertically.
Aluminium driving bands will be putting a lot of wear on the rifling.. aluminium oxide is very abrasive! I would be tempted to inlet a copper or nylon band to save your barrel!
How are you ignighting the charge? Sometimes it looked like a burning fuze and sometimes a friction primer. I have always been a fan of the M1885/1890/1897 3.2" gun as a transition between muzzle loaders and weapons with a recoil system. I believe they fired common explosive shell, shrapnel (with a time fuze), and cannister. I don't believe that solid shot was ever issued. Is yours the only one in private hands to your knowledge?
Sorry for the delay, I had to check with my brother in law Ron who owns the cannon. He said it's a friction primer and thinks there's about six in private hands.
I own one from the Oregon coast the tube is from the Rock Island Arsenal. I would appreciate you contacting me as I inherited it from my father and would like to restore it@@indulgewithrandc2040
There is one of these in fort stevens museum, another in a park in watsonville ca, it's in sad shape even missing wheel spokes. I've got 3 3" guns & 1 being built & 3 40mms & 2 being built. On March 30 i got a 20mm vulcan single shot. I've been making reloading dies & shell holder for my ammomaster press for the 20mm😊
Bores eroded to the point that replacement was needed. The big Bertha guns that Germans fielded, particularly during WWI, had increasingly larger diameter driving bands in their projectiles.
Very cool. IIRC, the 1898 cutoff date is from Federal law, not just California. I know some people brought in French 75s, which also predate that year. Gonna subscribe and check out your other videos.
@@MrSolLeks Any kind of black powder weapon automatically tells the police where you are at and they are not quickly reloaded unless it is a bullet with black powder. I think that convicts can't own those... Not sure. Black powder also has less energy usually.
@@MrSolLeks No requirement that it be black powder, only that it not use "fixed ammunition", which is projectile, propellant, and igniter all in one package. Three separate pieces for this guy, so most of the federal rules don't apply.
That is WD-40, which is not oil and it should not be used as a lubricant. You should clean the bore thoroughly with actual oil as soon as possible, if you use WD-40 regularly it will form into a hard resin, keep it far away from guns.
Think he’s using it as a cleaning solvent. Works good to get black powder residue out. Way cheaper than oil designed to dissolve powder and can be sprayed. A lot of smart-alecks for someone just enjoying shooting the cannon he OWNS
I have a civil war black powder cannon. We use water(maybe a little soapy sometimes to clean the bore. Then we would use a little motor oil for lubrication.
Wouldn't this be DD exempt because although it's a breechloader with a bore over .5 inches it uses non fixed ammunition (projection isn't attached to propellant)? I've always wanted to make a breechloading cannon with non fixed ammunition as it SHOULD be DD exempt. Is that the case?
Pretty cool, I would be cautious about using aluminum. Sure it is a lot cheaper than steel with copper driving bands but aluminum, especially oxidized aluminum, is very hard on steel. This is why you do not see aluminum bullets for regular guns.
I have a 3.5 inch pivot gun i have yet to fire. I’ ll have to build a trailer with a loading crane to set it up for field use. It was supposed to be a bow chaser on a gunboat.
4:30 Dude in the foreground is rocking a serious mullet, proving that "hockey hair" still has a place in modern society... in certain circles, apparently.
A man I know found a Hotchkiss Gun under a load of trash.He sold it to his wife for 1800.00 dollars .Went to the tracks and bet on a sure thing.The horse broke its leg right out of the gate.A Hotchkiss Gun aka Mountain Howitzer.Amazing find.
The breech plug has a obturation disk built-in, basically it sets the seal when the breech is closed. On some guns of this era, chamber pressure would push the breech plug back into an elastic disc which would then expand/squeeze outwards to seal the breech. Others used a copper spring washer or compressed fibre or even asbestos mats to achieve the same effect.
The black ring on the breech block is an obturator ring. Usually made of rubber. When the charge ignites, it pushes on the domed head of the block, squashing the obturator to seal the breech. First used if the French Chassepot rifles in the 1860s and is still used today. Even used in the 16 inch 50 caliber Mk7 naval rifles.
Those cannons should still be used today like danm 50 dollars a shot? You can fire this 10 times while you can only fire the new cannons one time for the same cost
If you look closely in one of the shots you can see the bullet hit the small hill. Check out the other Cannon video on our channel, I put a camera on the target.
Во первых нужно учесть что орудию дох... Лет, в те времена вещь была очень даже. Да и зарежает сейчас дядька ради интереса. В условиях войны, опытные артелиристы делали это гораздо быстрее
I've never heard of a bag gun before. I don't understand the difference between this weapon and other black powder or smokeless powder utilizing artillery pieces from that time period. I guess I don't understand the ins-and-outs I'll have to read up on these types of weapons.
To this day all artillery pieces that don't shoot all-in-one loads use the principle of separate propellant, either inside a case or in some kind of so called bag. Most large caliber guns would be loaded with a number of propellant charges as needed to reach a particular distance. Artillery is a science in it's own.
Hello, I have one of these that came from the Oregon coast, it is a Model M1898 and was only retrieved from it's post in 1984. Unfortunately the breech is rusted shut and the carriage has rotted away severely. I have the original wheel hubs but the wheel spokes have long since rotted away. I am trying to both establish a value and also get as much information with regard to the possible restoration of the breech mechanism. Plese contact me at your convenience. Sincerely, Robert Green
All these comments, and not one mention about US battleships of the 20th century? The 16 inch behemoths on these ships are of the same design, though far, far larger. And the last time these 110 year old cannon designs saw combat was the 1990 Gulf War, when battleships pummeled Iraqi defenses before coalition forces advanced and drove Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
The name WD40 stands for: "Water displacement 40th Attempt." He got it wrong 39 times. Why not just fire the can, it's cheaper and cleans on its way through. 🤣 Great video guys. 👍👍🥂🥂
I don't know about cannons, but with every other firearm WD-40 is a horrible replacement for a proper lubricant. Not only is it not very good at lubricating because that's never what it was designed to do, but it dries as a gunky residue that not only attracts dirt, but makes it even harder to clean..
Just imagine you're that gun. You've seen action over 100 years ago. Some guys get a hold of you over a century later and they start hitting you with modern stuff like CLP and specially-designed bore cleaning kits. I imagine if you were that gun it would be like cumming for the first time after years when they fired you again.
It looks like that one projectile could be cleaned up and used again. Very cool presentation!
Yo Jeff 😺
hello ... fancy meeting you here! :)
have a great day
We need a "you make it we mach it" on this bad boy...
Clear out OG's sinuses lol
Oh hey guys! ❤ when’s the next video coming out? Huh? HUH? haha jk
You just run into Jeff at the most unexpected times and coolest places!
In high school eons ago, we built a miniature Civil War cannon in machine shop. Beer cans full of sand were used as projectiles. They made a heck of a noise going downrange.
Bet that was a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
Wow teach me you ways
eon refers to a span of one billion years...
How did you make it?
@@MaxwellTheCat458 your point? The man is clearly very old
Finally someone with a cannon fires a projectile , most videos I've seen with private owners , they usually just fire gun powder .
WD40 is not a lubricant - actually it does the opposite. "Ballistol" would be a better product to lubricate the bore. greetings from germany
It's amazing more people don't realize this! The stuff is made to stick to parts to displace water and prevent rust, not lubricate.
@@billcypher8563 And it doesn't prevent rust very well.
@@barrygrant2907 I mean in reality that's kind of besides the point
I think dad said WD stands for water displacement..🤔🤔
The amount of people that burn out drillbits and blame me for selling bad drillbits (i sell tools) and finish their sentence with wd40 is frustrating, but i feel so much better when i see their face after explaining it.
I have a 3.2" shrapnel shell in my collection. It is a really neat projectile, & one of my favorites. Nice to get to see the cannon that would shoot it. America!
Cannon are fun. I keep mine on the front porch. I don't get a lot of unwanted visitors. An armed society is a polite society.
“I own a cannon for home defence”
@@afailureofaanimator6744I mean a cannon ball makes jello
Many years ago we made projectiles for a guy who cast rough slugs out of scrap Aluminium, We machined the outside, drilled a 20x150mm Hole that he filled with lead, 20 mm from the base we cuta 8mm x 12 mm groove. We made a small mold that he could pour copper in to make driving band , just cut the spur off and sand flat. Mind you, we never got to actually shoot his cannon, Which was annoying.. sadly the lot got destroyed in the 96 gun buyback..
I used copper fittings filled with lead. We never found out the maximum range. As there is no long flat area that the is safe to use.
But it sure made a mess if it hit a tree.
We had more fun with firing a plastic container filled with 50% lead shot and 50% plaster. With this ratio you get a big puff of white when it landed. Fun when you young.
@@assassinlexx1993 Lols I used to machine Cannon and Mortar barrels to use Coke Cans as ammunition. Very cheap ammunition jackets that could be filled with everything... Sadly all this is a pipe dream now... But I still have 4000 acres to drive around on.
@@HebrewHammerArmsCo
You can't even afford the cost of black powder these days.
Like the old joke of the Texan. That it took all day to drive from one side of the ranch to the other.
The other guy said yup I had a truck like that too.
@@assassinlexx1993 I used to buy South African UEE 2F and 3F on my Explosives License $20 kg (2.2 Lbs) These days 1kg is $150 apparently because of Covid..
@@HebrewHammerArmsCo
Just i like the line .
It was covid not me that rise the price. Where is the leadership today?
If you contemplate doing this: There should be as near to ZERO airspace surrounding black powder in the chamber as possible. In fact, a bit of compression of the load is better than none at all.
This reminds me of my palidin in my artillery unit. Very exciting, thanks for sharing this.
I bet a bunch of these firing a volley sounds glorious. Thanks.
Probably not so great if you are the target!!!
Impressive. Thanks for editing it to show the cannon firing several times. Have fun.
What a gorgeous old cannon.
It is NOT a cannon but rather a gun. It is rifled and has an opening breech.
Would have been real sweet to have a slow mow cam of the round making impact on the target.
I'm thinking the same thing! California huh?
Check out the other Cannon video. There's a camera on the target.
@@indulgewithrandc2040 wow
@@taofledermaus not all Californians are pussies
Great America ! In Italy they would have imprisoned him and thrown the key into the sea. Thing. In Italy only criminals have guns. In Italy it is forbidden to defend oneself, although the constitution provides for it. In Italy a poor man who shot and killed a robber, the judges, as well as jailing him, gave him the house and gave it to the relatives of the robber. Crazy right?
Unfortunately this is not only in İtaly but almost whole Western Europe , here in France too, England or Germany, defending yourself and innocent people get you jailed up for 5 or 10 years, but thiefs, rapers , drug dealers are released after a few months or years, our rulers are traitors destroying the nations.
😮😮😢😢
Sounds like germany
Jeepers, that's worse than what I know about in Canada.
What color skin did the robber have? Was he african or arab?😂😂😂
Cool Watervliet arsenal. My Grandfather worked there during and after WW2.
Once was at an Army base for Jul 4 and they performed 1812 with real Army howitzers, fun show.
That is what I saw on Schofield Barracks HI in 1983 along with the fireworks of course. That memory is one that stays with me'
Did the original steel projectiles have a copper ring to engage the rifling?
yes
Damn. Here in Canada the government wants to take our hunting rifles away and this guy has a canon.
I'm living in the wrong country...
Some politicians here would love to do the same.
@@indulgewithrandc2040 I will... exercise my freedom before I will comply.
My progenitors would expect no less.
Hes also living in the shittiest state in the entire country with the most restrictive laws.
Serves you right for electing a communist faggot.
@@justin8894 He is and let me assure you I didn't.
But over half of our population lives in Ontario and Quebec.
Those two provinces are a lot like New York and Michigan.
Full of lefties and immigrants of color. Our election system is deeply flawed and based entirely on population not provincial electors.
I just love that historic cannon's firing mechanism
Did they put a primer at the rear of the gun after poking it with a pointy rod?
yep.
You might be interested to know that this gun was used in service with shrapnel shell, which would have used a time fuse in order to burst before arriving at the target.
Likely they would've been good at hitting their mark with it. That was the howitzer of the day and training would've been top shelf.
The [projectile in a cannon is generally called a "shell", not a bullet. FYI
Shells have a (usually explosive) filling.
Those projectiles without filling are commonly called “shot.”
I have heard Artillerymen speak of “projectiles,” or projos.
A bullet is anything hurled from a rock to a 16" naval round.
This is NOT a cannon but rather a gun, a breech loaded, rifled GUN@astar814
I shoot tracer round from my golf ball cannon, by adding nitrocellulose lacquer to magnesium flash, with which I fill a cavity in each golf ball. This is hot enough to burn most of the golf ball, if launched almost vertically.
Cool. Would like to see how you make them exactly.
Cool video. That woman talking all the time and telling people what to do would have made me stand in front of the gun while it fired.
Aluminium driving bands will be putting a lot of wear on the rifling.. aluminium oxide is very abrasive! I would be tempted to inlet a copper or nylon band to save your barrel!
warum ist das Kennzeichen vom Anhänger gepixelt ?
"I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns..." ~Warren Zevon
molto interessante, ma mi chiedevo i ferri a fianco delle ruote ripiergati in giù a cosa servono? visto che nelle armi nulla e lasciato al caso.
American family picnic
'Merica!
Fsk Yeah!
How are you ignighting the charge? Sometimes it looked like a burning fuze and sometimes a friction primer.
I have always been a fan of the M1885/1890/1897 3.2" gun as a transition between muzzle loaders and weapons with a recoil system. I believe they fired common explosive shell, shrapnel (with a time fuze), and cannister. I don't believe that solid shot was ever issued.
Is yours the only one in private hands to your knowledge?
Sorry for the delay, I had to check with my brother in law Ron who owns the cannon. He said it's a friction primer and thinks there's about six in private hands.
@@indulgewithrandc2040 Thanks.
I own one from the Oregon coast the tube is from the Rock Island Arsenal. I would appreciate you contacting me as I inherited it from my father and would like to restore it@@indulgewithrandc2040
Incrível que o operador não usava protetor de ouvido ele queria sentir toda emoção que o tiro pode dar, ifrom Brasil like.
Porque todo brasileiro tem que falar que eh do Brasil? Kkkkkkkk
That’s awesome! Thanks for the video.
Finally, the ultimate CCW
Not quite concealable though!
"DAD YOU GOTTA GET OUT FROM BEHIND IT!!!"
"Wha-?"
BOOM 💥
There is one of these in fort stevens museum, another in a park in watsonville ca, it's in sad shape even missing wheel spokes.
I've got 3 3" guns & 1 being built & 3 40mms & 2 being built. On March 30 i got a 20mm vulcan single shot. I've been making reloading dies & shell holder for my ammomaster press for the 20mm😊
WW2 cannons seemingly have replaceable barrel insides presumably because after several hundred hits the inner barrel wears out.
Bores eroded to the point that replacement was needed. The big Bertha guns that Germans fielded, particularly during WWI, had increasingly larger diameter driving bands in their projectiles.
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Nicely done, thanks for sharing.
Very cool. IIRC, the 1898 cutoff date is from Federal law, not just California. I know some people brought in French 75s, which also predate that year. Gonna subscribe and check out your other videos.
I think 1889 is the cut off for federal law as far as ffl is involved. You can own canons as long as they fire black power....i think.
@@JeromeBill7718 yep, black powder guns are not regulated at all, which is why bowling ball cannons and mortars are popular.
@@MrSolLeks Any kind of black powder weapon automatically tells the police where you are at and they are not quickly reloaded unless it is a bullet with black powder. I think that convicts can't own those... Not sure. Black powder also has less energy usually.
cali doesn't allow DD's, that's a hard cutoff for them
@@MrSolLeks No requirement that it be black powder, only that it not use "fixed ammunition", which is projectile, propellant, and igniter all in one package. Three separate pieces for this guy, so most of the federal rules don't apply.
That is WD-40, which is not oil and it should not be used as a lubricant. You should clean the bore thoroughly with actual oil as soon as possible, if you use WD-40 regularly it will form into a hard resin, keep it far away from guns.
Think he’s using it as a cleaning solvent. Works good to get black powder residue out. Way cheaper than oil designed to dissolve powder and can be sprayed. A lot of smart-alecks for someone just enjoying shooting the cannon he OWNS
I have a civil war black powder cannon. We use water(maybe a little soapy sometimes to clean the bore. Then we would use a little motor oil for lubrication.
تحياتي من الجزائر نحبكم كتير
Nice cannon! Really surprised that you found your round!
Wouldn't this be DD exempt because although it's a breechloader with a bore over .5 inches it uses non fixed ammunition (projection isn't attached to propellant)? I've always wanted to make a breechloading cannon with non fixed ammunition as it SHOULD be DD exempt. Is that the case?
You'd be best to directly enquire with ATF than to get advice regarding this from strangers online.
any news on this yet?
Pretty cool, I would be cautious about using aluminum. Sure it is a lot cheaper than steel with copper driving bands but aluminum, especially oxidized aluminum, is very hard on steel. This is why you do not see aluminum bullets for regular guns.
I have a 3.5 inch pivot gun i have yet to fire. I’ ll have to build a trailer with a loading crane to set it up for field use. It was supposed to be a bow chaser on a gunboat.
I like the way he calls a shell, a bullet.
Do you cast the projectile and machine it? If you cast it, how many beer cans does it take?
if one does something like this anywhere here in europe gets arrested in less than fifteen minutes
4:30 Dude in the foreground is rocking a serious mullet, proving that "hockey hair" still has a place in modern society... in certain circles, apparently.
Are you using civil war type friction primers?
when cleaning a bore, 2 out, 1 in & repeat. Pull string, go boom. Field Artillery 13 Bravo, King of the Battle, We Set The Standard.
It would be extremely easy to make explosive shells with an inertia fuze and a load of either black powder or gun cotton for extra fun.
Очень интересно смотреть на причину, но хотелось-бы посмотреть на последствия!.
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Идиотский вопрос и идиотский ответ!
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A man I know found a Hotchkiss Gun under a load of trash.He sold it to his wife for 1800.00 dollars .Went to the tracks and bet on a sure thing.The horse broke its leg right out of the gate.A Hotchkiss Gun aka Mountain Howitzer.Amazing find.
Made by Watervliet Arsenal. Neat. Not too far from me in NY.
Pretty legal to own a black powder cannon in America
Very cool. How does the breech seal without a cartridge case?
Looks like it’s all pressure man
The breech plug has a obturation disk built-in, basically it sets the seal when the breech is closed. On some guns of this era, chamber pressure would push the breech plug back into an elastic disc which would then expand/squeeze outwards to seal the breech. Others used a copper spring washer or compressed fibre or even asbestos mats to achieve the same effect.
The black ring on the breech block is an obturator ring. Usually made of rubber. When the charge ignites, it pushes on the domed head of the block, squashing the obturator to seal the breech.
First used if the French Chassepot rifles in the 1860s and is still used today. Even used in the 16 inch 50 caliber Mk7 naval rifles.
Those cannons should still be used today like danm 50 dollars a shot? You can fire this 10 times while you can only fire the new cannons one time for the same cost
Where is he firing it. Looks like the area off of Chirraco summit on Interstate 10 in Kalifornia
So where are they landing
So what the solid shells were used for? Can’t imagine there were armored cars or armored trains back in 1898?
Nice funn,,, nice nature 😊👍🏼
Why is the elevation so low? Why is there only one camera angle? Visually, how far did it go?
Sad that they don't filmed impacts in slow motion
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great video
thanks for sharing :)
The guy on the left sounds like the know it all guy who would argue with a guy about something who owns that something.
😑Что-то как то результат не впечатляет.......
🤨Чему тут радоваться?
Freedoms reigns when a man can buy his own artillery 😂❤
I would try a sabot projectile and a steel plate / sheet as a target. The result would be more interesting than a dust cloud.
やベー オモチャですね
最高ですね
いかしてますね
日本でわ 逮捕されてしまいます
流石 外国です スゲー骨董品持っていますね 使えるし 最強でございます
ありがとうございます
感謝致します
Where do I buy?
"YoU CoUlDn'T OwN a CaNnOn" -The President of the United States of America.
Where did the shot go?
If you look closely in one of the shots you can see the bullet hit the small hill. Check out the other Cannon video on our channel, I put a camera on the target.
Forward
Now, that's home defence.
Куда стреляли то?Момент попадания не виднт
like all the black powder a musketeer uses in one summer.. he uses it in one weekend.
Ballistics gel test.... 😉👏
Пока зарядишь, убъют 300 раз... ☝️ 😄
Во первых нужно учесть что орудию дох... Лет, в те времена вещь была очень даже. Да и зарежает сейчас дядька ради интереса. В условиях войны, опытные артелиристы делали это гораздо быстрее
@@malumcaput Не убедил...
@@РоманИванов-р2р3т Да и не пытался, это инфа для парирования
I am getting Boer war vibes from this
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そーじしてっ♪
弾込めてっ♪
蓋閉めてっ♪
どーか線引いて
ドカーン！
I've never heard of a bag gun before. I don't understand the difference between this weapon and other black powder or smokeless powder utilizing artillery pieces from that time period. I guess I don't understand the ins-and-outs I'll have to read up on these types of weapons.
To this day all artillery pieces that don't shoot all-in-one loads use the principle of separate propellant, either inside a case or in some kind of so called bag. Most large caliber guns would be loaded with a number of propellant charges as needed to reach a particular distance. Artillery is a science in it's own.
Hello, I have one of these that came from the Oregon coast, it is a Model M1898 and was only retrieved from it's post in 1984. Unfortunately the breech is rusted shut and the carriage has rotted away severely. I have the original wheel hubs but the wheel spokes have long since rotted away. I am trying to both establish a value and also get as much information with regard to the possible restoration of the breech mechanism. Plese contact me at your convenience. Sincerely, Robert Green
All these comments, and not one mention about US battleships of the 20th century? The 16 inch behemoths on these ships are of the same design, though far, far larger. And the last time these 110 year old cannon designs saw combat was the 1990 Gulf War, when battleships pummeled Iraqi defenses before coalition forces advanced and drove Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Хочу заниматься такой же веселой хренью, как и эти парни
The boolet?
The name WD40 stands for: "Water displacement 40th Attempt." He got it wrong 39 times. Why not just fire the can, it's cheaper and cleans on its way through. 🤣 Great video guys.
👍👍🥂🥂
I am wondering, how many shots could this cannon do in an hour or so under combat conditions like this? Maybe 20-30?
Well crap...It would have been nice to watch the impact.If I wanted to see smoke,Id have lit a cigarette.
Lol!
Check out our other Cannon video.
The Styrofoam sound is making my blood boil.
Tell the kid in the black t shirt to get a haircut lol good lord, it looks like you found him out there
Question to you guys. You don't need any sort of tax stamp for this? Being black powder and bagged charge and all?
Good question
Nice striped bottom of the projectile. Is Yor cannon a replica, or an original with such a good rifling?
I wonder what each on of those shots costs.
What's it like to maintain one of these guns? I'd imagine for a gun like that maintenance and repair would cost an arm and a leg in the long run.
Black powder is corrosive so you just have to clean it good with water to get the salts out. I’m more curious how he transports it.
I don't know about cannons, but with every other firearm WD-40 is a horrible replacement for a proper lubricant.
Not only is it not very good at lubricating because that's never what it was designed to do, but it dries as a gunky residue that not only attracts dirt, but makes it even harder to clean..
Did the cannon just fart?
She said ... 'you went like six inches in.' If I had a nickle.....
Just imagine you're that gun. You've seen action over 100 years ago. Some guys get a hold of you over a century later and they start hitting you with modern stuff like CLP and specially-designed bore cleaning kits.
I imagine if you were that gun it would be like cumming for the first time after years when they fired you again.
Im guessing these were close to obsolete by the the spanish american war?