powder charge "safety " containers

[navygunner]

Most of the groups NCWAA, AAA and the NSSA mandates the round being moved from the limber box to the piece in a "safety" container carried in the gunners haversack. My battery uses grenade packing cases for our parrott rounds. My question is what containers are used by our members on the board that are shooting the "golf ball" size mortars and cannons. (1.75" bores) Where is a good place to acquire some. Thanks in advance

NG

[Evil Dog]

Most of the groups you mention also mandate "full scale" cannon and mortar.  As such the golfball bored pieces wouldn't be allowed.  We have always transferred our foil wrapped charges in just the haversack... no additional container inside.

[navygunner]

Thanks Evil Dog!!!

[guardsgunner]

navygunner,
   There are several full size guns under 2" which would be allowed at those shoots. I use tubes purchased from McMaster-carr with end caps. They have both cardboard and plastic type. 2"mill cutter holders would work nicely also.

[navygunner]

 Thanks Guardsgunner

[thelionspaw]

Will these do? I get them in the super market. I mark them with dots on top of the lids. 1 dot = 1oz, 2 dots = 1 1/4 oz., 3 dots = 1 1/2 oz., 4 dots = 2 oz., ring around a dot = 2 1/2 oz. .  Works for me.

rc

[Ex 49'er]

After I make my foil charges I stick them into film cannisters. There is a colored sticker on the lid with
the size of the charge on it. Works for me.

[thelionspaw]

Unfortunatly they aren't good for me. They were not readily available in a WalMart, Dollar Store or supermarket. They are self limiting in size with an I.D. of 1 1/8". My containers are 2.5+ (never measured them). They are also 100% moisture proof. I load 1.75".

rc

[Rickk]

I looked all over for grenade packing containers... couldn't find any.

I wound up making these from assorted sizes of cardboard tubing and end disks ... can't remember which supplier but it was either from Skylighter or Pyrocreations. I had to cut the tubing to proper lengths on a powered compound miter saw. Everything was glued together with Elmer's carpenter glue. Then the outside was spraypainted with black spraypaint.

The orange color on the inside is from wet paint that was on the end of a powder charge that was put in there before the paint was totally dry. The outside ends of the cardboard container as well as the end of the powder charge are color coded to tell me how much powder is in it. I put them in a 50 caliber ammo can with the same color painted onto the lid, and clear labeling on the can saying what is in it.

This one is for 2.25 inch bore charges, but I have made some for 1 inch bore as well.

[navygunner]

Nice job!!!

[Rickk]

Skylighter is currnetly running a 20% off sale on their cardboard tubes if anyone wants to try making appropriate containers for their rounds.

Rick

[Double D]

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