WB
Oh what fun! He basically made priming compound
Thursday, February 22, 2024, 09:29

I think he also demonstrated how careful you must be with it. The velocity to do that damage is well above supersonic.

Remember, steel can bounce back with about 60% of it's forward velocity! Lead is better. Also note his care lightly tamping the charge and projectile, wads, using a wood tool. At any moment it could go off with friction! BP is much safer. We used to unroll firecrackers for the powder. Great care needs to be exercised, and nothing must sweep the muzzle that you wouldn't mind losing! Gasses are shot from the fuse hole with great force too, consider that direction.

Denning and I have real cannons and have learned (well, ME anyway - we'll save that discussion) to respect the power. Things to consider if you are doing a group project for the grand-kids or boy scouts. lol