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Author Topic:   My Dad's New Cannon :)
ohnhai
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Message 1 of 7 (306611)
04-25-2006 11:42 PM


BOOM
THis is footage of the new barrel's proofing shot. (2lb of black powder and 1.3lb of shot )
It survived an is now proofed to 1lb BP and 1lbShot
neat.
To answer the obvious questions..
The barrel flies back into the grass, the thing that flies up in the air is is the Railway Sleeper it was sitting on.
As to WHY my Dad has this... Well He re-enacts english civil war battles.
A cool toy indeed
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ohnhai
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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Message 3 of 7 (306707)
04-26-2006 11:59 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by iano
04-26-2006 4:53 AM


Re: Big Bang
It’s a real cannon barrel made to order, cast solid and machined out with precision, by those whose job it is to make such things.
And the term ”Proofed’ is used within the terminology of UK legal gun certification and such like. That footage was not of someone testing a homemade device, but of a legally required and recorded part of making a new gun. Being cannon they kinda demand more space than your average proofing house, thus the field J
It will have been thoroughly checked out before and after the ”Proofing shot’, which is normally twice the designed load and yet still within what the barrel should theoretically take. Yet if there was a flaw in the barrel the proofing shot is most likely to find it (BOOM) The guns are also monitored often through their life and in fact the old barrel was de-activated precisely because doubt was cast over its continued integrity.
The uk re-enactment scene do take the safety and regulation of the firearms used in their events very seriously and my Dad also being one of the inspectors of artillery for the Sealed Knot has to take it even more seriously.
But thank you (in all sincerity) for the concern.

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ohnhai
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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Message 5 of 7 (306718)
04-26-2006 12:32 PM
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04-26-2006 12:05 PM


Re: Proof is not in the pudding.
Phew.. I got it rightJ
Thanks for the link. Interesting reading. (Though I knew most of it).

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ohnhai
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Message 7 of 7 (306909)
04-26-2006 9:31 PM
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04-26-2006 6:31 PM


Re: Big Bang
Logically, the end needs to be held off the ground, so not to give false strength to that side of the barrel in contact with the ground, and yet when fired the muzzle tries to push itself down (lifting the rear of the barrel as you can see) Combined with the backward motion this downward force on the sleeper pings it up much like and oversized tiddly-wink. Moreover, pinging a lump of wood that big, that high should give a clearer idea of the shear amount of energy involved in that shot .
Neat
CBE: Changes the opening word from 'Aparently' to "Logically"
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