30 mm projectiles

[NitroSteel]

I have a rifled barrel that I am looking at making a cannon out of.  Going to try and make a breech loader this time.  Do ya'll have any ideas of what I can use for a projectile?  I had thought of making a mold and then making bullets, but wasn't sure if there was something readily available like there is for my BB mortar and golf ball cannon.

Thank ya'll,

Nitrosteel

[GGaskill]

This mould and handles were made for a 30 mm barrel.  It can cast a Minie or flat base ball (cylindrical, actually) depending on the base plug.

[NitroSteel]

Where did you get your mold from?  It looks really nice.

[GGaskill]

Made it myself.  Here is another pic showing the cavity and a Lyman four cavity mould.  I should have made the handles in this simpler style.  The single cavity style handles were a lot of work.



The cavity doesn't show well in the reduced image the forum gives.  Look at the original pic if you really want to see it well.  The blocks were sized for a somewhat longer projectile than they were actually finished at.

[cannonmn]

Look at the original pic

OK, how do I do that?

[jeeper1]

There are two ways to do that.
1. Right click on the picture, left click on "save image as" (or some version of that), save it on your desktop, then open it there. Your scroll wheel can make it any size you want.
2. Right click on the picture, left click on "properties", copy and paste the address into your browser, open it and a left click on the picture should make it bigger.
I prefer method one as it is faster and easier and get you the biggest picture.

[cannonmn]

Thanks, have done that many times, but somehow I thought the forum changed it.  But all you have to do is to go to this url:

http://lassengunsmithing.com/images/CannonMould.JPG