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Offline Deritz

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Cheap Cannons
« on: December 05, 2006, 02:59:18 PM »
I was wondering what is a good website to order a small cannon for under a $100. I want one that is fully functional and that shoots actually ammo. Ive already been to cannon-mania and was wondering if there were any other good sites?
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Re: Cheap Cannons
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2006, 04:43:14 PM »
A hundred bucks is not much for a finished cannon.  If you are at all handy, you should consider a kit.

Dixie kits
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Re: Cheap Cannons
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2006, 05:52:08 PM »
Dixie Gun has kits under $100. Read the reviews before buying.
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Re: Cheap Cannons
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2006, 07:23:32 AM »
check out http://www.brooks-usa.com  .

The barrels are fully functional, and tend to be built on stroger side.

If you make a carrage yourself, you will stay under $100
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Re: Cheap Cannons
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2006, 01:52:00 PM »
Try ebay!! you might get lucky....
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Re: Cheap Cannons
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2006, 02:43:25 PM »
www.blackpowder-cannons.com  I also have a few cannons that sell for under a hundred dollars that are not listed on the site.  If your interested send me an E-mail.  Dom
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Re: Cheap Cannons
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2006, 06:34:39 PM »
Check this out:

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=1655

I built one of these twenty-odd years ago, and here it is:



It's a pretty easy kit, looks good, and will fire .490 round balls.  At $95 I think its about as cheap as you can go for a working cannon.  There is also a naval version using the same barrel for $90.

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Re: Cheap Cannons
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2006, 08:53:42 AM »
I have no idea if the guy is still in business or what his name is.  He had a small foundry near Peach Bottom (lancaster county) Pa and would make bronze cannon barrels and some semi finished and finished cannons.  I purchased a barrel from him yrs back at the Baltimore Antique Gun Show.    30 inches long, 1.25 bore and the barrel weighed about 80 lbs.  I made a naval carriage for it.  I fired it once, on July 4th, 1994, in Falls Church VA where I lived.  A charge of 200 grains of 1f and a heavy cardboard wad, took a branch off the neighbor's tree and broke seven windows down the street.  Needless to say, I haven't desired any additional problems after that expensive episode.   I do wheel out my smaller cannon and fire it every New Year's eve.  That one is a 75 bore.     



   
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