Some of these posts "crack me up"......................This is a hobby forum for christ sake,not an english class. I too have bad grammer and my spelling is not the best,but does that really matter here on a forum where we are talking about and playing with toys.[:-][:-][:-]

We have to remember we have members from around the world and from all walks of life here.I take my hat off to those who post here where they are from a non english speaking country and yet still post here showing their work and doing a pretty good job with their writing in english.I know I could not do the same trying to write anything in their native tongue.Even here in the USA there is big difference in how english is used and pronounced depending on what part of this country you live in.

We have many,many,many thousands of men here in the USA who are ex-military and active military from all branches of service and most all would have stories to tell of one sort or other.For me I was in the Navy and aboard three different ships over a four year period and was a member of a deck gun crew on all three ships.There are thousands of ex-navy men who were in deck gun crews,they are just not posting here on this hobby forum.I would not even be able to guess how many men have been involved in firing a howwitzer of one size or class of one sort.Does it realy matter that much other than just being used in a general conversation
or telling a story here.[:-][:-]

The question was how to fire a black powder charge using a simple sparking device.I had posted a simular post way back when I first became a member here.I had also pondered the idea of using a small black powder charge to simulate the cannon fire and to get a nice sound out of it.I would also caution one doing this for several reasons..................This is a different world we live in today and depending on where you live you could find yourself being arrested and in a real can of worms.And yes Black powder can be very dangerouse to play around with if you don't know what you are doing.Static electricity in itself can set it off,it is not to be taken lightly when handling this type powder.Doing this can be done but with the limited ammount of room in a toy tank and the fact of all the trouble to build what is needed to do the job in this small tank and then what is involved to reload for the next shot in my opinion would be more trouble than it's worth.

Also being an open forum where kids have access to this I would be reluctant to post a how to .............detail here.


BIGMIG

P.S. Being one who has reloaded many many thousands of rounds (rifle,pistol,and shotgun).........if you are detirmend to follow up on this and you do not have much experience with various powders I would reccomend you go to a sporting goods store where they sell firearms and get yourself a copy of "the shooter's Bible" and do some reading up on some of the Do's and Don'ts when using
gun powder's of one sort or other.There is a lot of info on powders and what and how they were designed to be used.
Be safe............................................BI GMIG