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My 1/8 scale Napoleon 12 pounder is ready to shoot. It is 50 caliber. I'll start with 50gr of Pyrodex, no projectile. What do I use in front of the powder to pack it in place?
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Paper wasp nest won't smolder and start fires, otherwise a wad of paper.
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Whatever you do, don't place it on a table when you shoot it. I imagine it will recoil a bit.
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Have a 12pdr 1/4 scale Mountain howitzer which I have yet to fire. Had the steel barrel brass plated.
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Have a 12pdr 1/4 scale Mountain howitzer which I have yet to fire. Had the steel barrel brass plated.
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For what it's worth, some reenactors use cream of wheat (believe it or not) over their blank powder charges. Also, might use straight black powder instead of Pyrodex. Less corrosive. 50 cal- 1/8th scale? I'm sure it'll be a hoot to shoot! For some reason, though, I never got into the small guns.
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Actually, it depends on where you are one of those Yankee varmints or a Fine, Loyal, Patriotic Southern Gentleman.
Yankees use Cream of Wheat
High Minded Southern Gentlemen use GRITS!!!!!
Yankees use Cream of Wheat
High Minded Southern Gentlemen use GRITS!!!!!
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Cotton balls......instead of cannon balls!
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Paraffin-soaked cotton balls.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I like the paraffin soaked cotton ball idea. Grits is fur breakfast.
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once up on a time....
i was at WVU.....all on a Sat. night all o us having a few beers washing clothes, setting out side on this wall.....
long story short the furternity next door was in togas going full force parting.....every hour on the hour they came out suleted each other fired this full scale cannon reloaded went back inside?
well two hours of watching this and a lot o beer and "smoke"... cannon that is!......
i got this idea went into the Landry room got this box of soap powders.....ran over pored all of the remaining into the cannon......ran back to the wall and waited and drank.......
the hour neared they came out suleted turned and fired........it look like a snow storm had hit the cannoneers were invisible?......and when the burnt soap smoke cleared they, the ground covered .......
i feel out laughing....
then one of the guy came out and asked:" you guys seen my detergent?".......yes saw it everywhere....
i was at WVU.....all on a Sat. night all o us having a few beers washing clothes, setting out side on this wall.....
long story short the furternity next door was in togas going full force parting.....every hour on the hour they came out suleted each other fired this full scale cannon reloaded went back inside?
well two hours of watching this and a lot o beer and "smoke"... cannon that is!......
i got this idea went into the Landry room got this box of soap powders.....ran over pored all of the remaining into the cannon......ran back to the wall and waited and drank.......
the hour neared they came out suleted turned and fired........it look like a snow storm had hit the cannoneers were invisible?......and when the burnt soap smoke cleared they, the ground covered .......
i feel out laughing....
then one of the guy came out and asked:" you guys seen my detergent?".......yes saw it everywhere....
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Forgot to mention , had a replica full size 12 pdr Mountain Howitzer, Cememt filled beer cans or cannister using ball bearings.
Now on a rather somber note. A fraternity had a small cannon that they fired every time our football team made a touchdown. Unfortunately the gun was passed down from one frat member to the next without anyone getting proper training. The LAST time it was fired, the idiot stuffed newspaper down the barrel for a wad. Following that with a WAD of WET newspaper. You can guess what happened! Back end blew off injuring a couple of people who were walking behind the end zone. He might have just as well welded the muzzle shut! They tried to say the gun was defective and someone should sue the manufacturer, Until the truth came out.
Now on a rather somber note. A fraternity had a small cannon that they fired every time our football team made a touchdown. Unfortunately the gun was passed down from one frat member to the next without anyone getting proper training. The LAST time it was fired, the idiot stuffed newspaper down the barrel for a wad. Following that with a WAD of WET newspaper. You can guess what happened! Back end blew off injuring a couple of people who were walking behind the end zone. He might have just as well welded the muzzle shut! They tried to say the gun was defective and someone should sue the manufacturer, Until the truth came out.
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