Golf Ball Cannon
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Anyone into cannons? My dad just completed a 45mm "golf ball howitzer". It uses between 1 and 2 1/2 oz of black powder to launch golf balls. We plan to shoot lead and steel balls eventually but for now we're using cheap and plentiful golf balls! Here are some pics. That sheet of plywood was set up approx 100 yards away-- and look at the hole the golf ball made! Please give input, my dad would love to hear what everyone thinks.
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Nice man. I wish I had a place to store one. Been wanting to make a cannon of my own ever since I found out that that muzzle loading cannons are legal to own.
Is the barrel rifled? I also hear they great for deterring tail gating when in tow.:D:D |
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lol Yeah it gets a lot of looks when you tow it around. It has a smooth bore, so it's not extremely accurate, but it was better than we had expected. We have one other cannon that is approx 70 mm and uses up to 7 1/2 ounces of black powder. We haven't any success shooting projectiles from it though. Tried using aluminum cans cut in half and filled with concrete-- they just fall apart.
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wow! that's awesome! my brother once built a trebquet to launch sand bags and it shot 10lbs like 150 feet! but I sure would like to own one of those! lol I wonder what the guys in the army driving in a humvee must think when you pull up next to them with your cannon in tow
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Being a golfer, always looking for ways to hit it further
How far will it shoot a golf ball? |
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ORIGINAL: ynot1 Being a golfer, always looking for ways to hit it further How far will it shoot a golf ball? |
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Now if that can just be designed in a golf club head!
Look out Long dogs!:D Tim the tool man Taylor did something like that in one of his shows. |
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Hehe I can picture that!
I just dug up some night shots of the bigger cannon (70 mm). These are individual frames taken from a video I shot. This was 6 3/4 oz of black powder. |
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Looks dangerous
I was born in Cincinnati I lived in Lockland Heartwell Arlington Winton Place Greenhills as a kid I moved here @ 15 in 1974 only a few years ago :D I still have lots of family up there. |
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that looks fun:D I wish I had one of those, I could shoot my cat out of it lol
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those are legal!
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