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36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« on: September 29, 2012, 06:57:31 AM »
36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway



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Re: No guns and black powder, but a comedy sketch,,
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2012, 07:40:53 AM »
Well that was seven and a half minutes wasted that I'll never get back.
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Re: No guns and black powder, but a comedy sketch,,
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2012, 08:12:21 AM »
To Jeeper1

 
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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2012, 10:22:19 AM »
That is a good sign when you can get grown men giggling like little kids , worth the shot .    ;D

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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2012, 11:14:06 AM »

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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2012, 01:48:42 PM »
That is a good sign when you can get grown men giggling like little kids , worth the shot .    ;D

I agree!
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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2012, 03:12:28 PM »
Gee you think that might have been a wee little more than a full service charge?  :o
or did they actually fire a shell out of that thing?
I like how the rest of the crew come out from cover great confidence in the cannon they are firing......
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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2012, 06:26:57 PM »
Pretty good recoil for a blank charge.
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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2012, 09:35:25 PM »
Myself I thot both were neat. However the civil war cannon video was the best

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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2012, 06:19:10 AM »
Welcome aboard, Mauser M67; and thanks for posting the vids.

I don't know for sure if this blessing ritual is pre or post firing (I would guess that it preceded the act), but I don't think that it's something anyone should emulate. It would be a much safer custom to practice if they switched to holy water, but probably nowhere near as enjoyable.

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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2012, 10:54:24 AM »
Welcome aboard, Mauser M67; and thanks for posting the vids.

I don't know for sure if this blessing ritual is pre or post firing (I would guess that it preceded the act), but I don't think that it's something anyone should emulate. It would be a much safer custom to practice if they switched to holy water, but probably nowhere near as enjoyable.
 
Agreed! Alcohol and cannons don't mix....... Maybe with the age of the gun they need to drink to summon enough courage to fire the over charged piece....... I do note that the Norweagin touching it off exclaims the only english word .... YES! 
If this is a blank being fired can anyone hazzard a guess on how much powder it takes to move that beast?..... Especially seeing that it is on skids... no wheels......
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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2012, 11:22:08 AM »
If you go to Youtube it looks like they used 5.5 lb powder with 4.4 lb flower for a wad , that's a lot of powder. If you translate the first part it says they used 1/6 x 10 kg or about 1.6 lb of powder .     :o

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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2012, 11:47:17 AM »
If you translate the first part it says they used 1/6 x 10 kg or about 1.6 lb of powder.

A minor quibble but that would be about 1.6 kg of powder (about 3.5 lbs.)
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Re: 36 pound carronade Bogstad gård Norway
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2012, 01:32:24 PM »
That is what happens the hurrier I go , I left it in kg.     ::)