Amazing what can be found on Youtube!

[gixer1]

No words needed…

 

[opticron1]

Funnily enough, when I was much younger and stupider, I made a small "cannon" with an old hollow key. Loaded it with a couple of bits of powder from a shotgun cartridge and one number six shot from the same cartridge. Fired using a red hot needle rather than a fuse......... I was always impressed at the speed it came out and how painful it could be!

 

[gixer1]

I’m sure some of the safety brigade will be along in a minute to have the thread reported.

 

[Rake Aboot]

I once made a gun from a coil of copper pipe, a valve and a nitrogen bottle
Loaded ball bearing at the valve, opened the nitrogen then opened the valve.
The noise as the bb wound up to speed was insane.
It shot holes through work benches .

 

[Klenchblaize]

No words needed…

That video “found” you! I know because it popped up when I last logged into YouTube. Do you watch Hickok45?

Hell, the only way to get away from the algorithm is to single-handedly build an underground log cabin and leave you mobile in the chimney!

K

 

[Len the dog]

If the powder situation gets any worse I will be compiling a burn rate table for the various brands of matches.

 

[Jagare]

Ĝet a real cannon. Salute cannons legal to use in Sweden as long as you don't load them with a projectile. The black powder charges can be bought online.
The brass mortar will have a new mount as soon as the oak I've ordered arrives,

 

[opticron1]

A chap I knew years ago had a cannon which he used for battle re-enactments - it was deafening and after a couple of shots you couldn't see anything in the arena.....smelt great though!

 

[kripton]

Needs to develop it a little more (perhaps longer bolt - 22-24 inches) to achieve sub inch groups !

 

[Heym SR20]

 

[Foxyboy43]

Hmmm.
Pal has a WW1 25 pounder - one of very few in private hands which is licensed to fire black powder at militaria shows etc. Of course it has to be tested very, very regularly - as anyone within a five mile radius knows….

 

[Utectok]

When I was a kid we all made match cannons and pipe bombs from sugar and weed killer. Clearly these days you’d get locked up for the above but it was a long time ago. Spud cannons were good too

 

[opticron1]

Who needs an umbrella when you can use a matchstick gun to insert a wee bit of ricin!

 

[Foxyboy43]

When I was a kid we all made match cannons and pipe bombs from sugar and weed killer. Clearly these days you’d get locked up for the above but it was a long time ago. Spud cannons were good too

Hmmm.
Making PBs was a particularly common practice when I was a lad in the late 60s until my mate blew his hand off tamping the charge against a wall; suddenly we all lost interest. It got a bit of a revival soon afterwards particularly in Belfast when certain sections of the two communities developed a mildly endearing penchant for exchanging their prized efforts - from a distance….

 

[gixer1]

It gets bigger too….

 

[gixer1]

I assume these would be illegal?

 

[Len the dog]

I assume these would be illegal?

I would assume so, can’t have more rounds than it says on your ticket but a bolt cannon, knock yourself out.

 

[Foxyboy43]

It gets bigger too….

Jesus!
Utterly frightening and not unlike something that was used a few times against landrovers in NI.
BP suddenly became very difficult to procure….

 

[Andrewslater]

Need to buy some bigger bolts.