Harry
D-Cell battery in 1 1/2 pipe
Thursday, June 07, 2018, 18:39

We use to make a cannon with a 1 1/2 inch pipe inserted into a 2 inch pipe with a taped hole as the front sight using a bolt to tighten down onto the 1 1/2 inch pipe. This way you had added protection with two pipes. It had only one way to go, out the front or blow the cap off which it never did. The pipe was about 18 inches long.

The 1 1/2 inch pipe was threaded on the other end and capped with a hole in the cap for the fuse. Using a cherry bomb, just drop the D-cell down the pipe and you could hear air sucking as it when down. We may have used some paper for a wad before inserting the battery.

When fired, it went out of sight so who knows what the range could have been. We lived on the river and even Mike Fink was envious.