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Offline jeeper1

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« on: June 25, 2005, 11:14:20 AM »
I scavenged up a piece of bronze this morning. It looks big enough to make a golfball mortar. Would that be an acceptable material to use and if so how thick would the walls have to be.
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2005, 12:38:37 PM »
Unfortunately, you don't give the diameter of your round stock.  Scaling bore size to bore size (1.70/5.82), gives a wall thickness of about .275" for the thin part of a M1841 US Coehorn.  That would probably be OK as long as it is limited to golf ball shot since little pressure can build up behind a golf ball.  Maximum diameter is 2.527".  If you have 3" stock, you could scale up but bore undersize to scale, which would give you about 1/2" walls.
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2005, 12:46:40 PM »
Minimum diameter is 2.375 in one area and 2.500 in another area.
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