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Looong ... fuses! Hard to outrun scrapnel.
Thursday, June 07, 2018, 17:55

I was in a "cannon club" back in the mid 1980's and the fellows put out a quarterly newsletter. I can't believe I threw those away!!!

Anyway they got together and a fellow printed a book called "The Complete Cannoneer" (first edition 1971 106 pages) and I got a copy of the first print follow up "The More Complete Cannoneer" 1990 about the same pages. The books are sort of a rip as they contain lots of artillery drill stuff that did not interest me. Who does what, the order of the drill etc. I wanted "load data" and the science of the ballistics. As usual I am mostly on my own, but I'm used to it. They do provide some useful basic information. One ounce per inch of bore size of coarse granulation Black Powder. Loose tolerance around the projectile, no patch or seal! The slop should be a minimum 0.050" like a pea-shooter.

Lots of cool stuff but it's sure not for everyone. Loading and firing is one thing.....next about that projectile...