Author Topic: Dominick built, golf ball Dictator Mortar (Read 4404 times)

lance · « **on:** August 02, 2007, 02:36:24 PM »

Dom, i love it!!! don't know who to thank first??? Intoodeep and El Cazador66 for flaunting pictures of theirs, or you for building a truly well made product. it's great Dom, and i really like the powder chamber. i've found that powder chambers that size are very accurate shooting mortars. plus the bore is just perfect for golf balls, you did a wonderful job. speaking of pictures,i'll try and get one on here. i know i have problems doing it. hey, i spent one saturday afternoon at Tim's [cat whisperer] he showed me what to do, i even took notes, and still have trouble.......... it will be a day or two, might get to put some smoke and fire pics on here too. Thanks again Dom. Tracy[m223] i know, don't fuss at me too bad, there ain't one stick of wood on this one

ED HAD PITY ON ME AND FIXED THE PIC,SCROLL DOWN TO REPLY #9, THANKS ED!!!

intoodeep · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2007, 02:46:47 PM »

Lance,

Glad you like it!!! I'm in the process of getting my 1" bore Dictator a big brother too..... GB size Dictator. So, I think I know who to blame now....

Hey, I can't blame myself!!!!

Rickk · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2007, 03:09:22 PM »

Hey, guess what... I got one-a those there Dom-golfball-barrels in my shed, waiting for the time to hook it up to some wood myself :-)

Terry C. · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2007, 03:25:18 PM »

That's a beauty.

EL Caz 66 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 02, 2007, 04:03:04 PM »

Oh Yeah !!!

Now some fire & smoke baby... Congrats Lance .. Nice Job Dom !!

dominick · « **Reply #5 on:** August 02, 2007, 04:17:07 PM »

Thanks for the compliments Lance and Ed. Glad to see it arrived ok and thanks again for your order lance. Dom

lance · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2007, 04:25:43 PM »

Quote from: intoodeep on August 02, 2007, 02:46:47 PM

Lance,

Glad you like it!!! I'm in the process of getting my 1" bore Dictator a big brother too..... GB size Dictator. So, I think I know who to blame now.... Hey, I can't blame myself!!!!

darn you Intoodeep, now my Dictator golf ball mortar wants a little brother........

intoodeep · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2007, 04:29:02 PM »

Quote from: lance on August 02, 2007, 04:25:43 PM

darn you Intoodeep, now my Dictator golf ball mortar wants a little brother........

Oh, what a tangled web we weave.....

Tropico · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2007, 04:29:51 PM »

Wow ! Its so ., "Perfect to scale" Its awesome

EL Caz 66 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2007, 02:06:20 AM »

Here Lance a little help from a friend picture POSTED

Catch ya Later, ED

lance · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2007, 04:25:51 PM »

A Big Thank You Ed, i might learn to post pictures one year..............

Dictator · « **Reply #11 on:** August 04, 2007, 06:07:25 AM »

OK-----those look so perfect. Dom, I think I need to PM you for one of these. It'll make a perfect addition to my golf ball cannon, beer can mortar, & BB mortar.

lance · « **Reply #12 on:** August 04, 2007, 02:51:16 PM »

Quote from: Dictator on August 04, 2007, 06:07:25 AM

OK-----those look so perfect. Dom, I think I need to PM you for one of these. It'll make a perfect addition to my golf ball cannon, beer can mortar, & BB mortar.

i like it so much i'm going to get another one,Dom is great to deal with. living in Virginia, i get to see the real Dictator mortar at the Petersburg Battlefield. bout a five hour trip one way though, but well worth it.

Dictator · « **Reply #13 on:** August 05, 2007, 05:42:29 AM »

Lance,
If you get a chance, see what the number on that one @ Petersburg is. This one on the west side of the Iowa state capital is numbered 553

m223 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 05, 2007, 06:14:46 AM »

Lance, Great buy! It is all metal and oh so beautiful, I can't blame you for wanting to get a smaller brother, but don't you think he will want a smaller brother also. Just to be fair you better get a fire cracker mortar also. They are great fun. Thanks for sharing, I'm sorry you can't post pictures, really it is as easy as bluing a barrel. :-D No really if you need help, shoot me a P.M. Fantastic workmanship Dom, it really is nice. Tracy

lance · « **Reply #15 on:** August 05, 2007, 09:24:30 AM »

Quote from: Dictator on August 05, 2007, 05:42:29 AM

Lance,
If you get a chance, see what the number on that one @ Petersburg is. This one on the west side of the Iowa state capital is numbered 553

be glad to get you the number sometime. from what i've read and been told by Park Rangers, the 13" sea coast mortar used at Petersburg was the only one to be nicknamed "the Dictator". now wether or not the one today at Petersburg is that same mortar i don't know. this pic i'm trying to get on here is one of me and the mortar at Petersburg.

lance · « **Reply #16 on:** August 05, 2007, 09:36:55 AM »

Quote from: m223 on August 05, 2007, 06:14:46 AM

Lance, Great buy! It is all metal and oh so beautiful, I can't blame you for wanting to get a smaller brother, but don't you think he will want a smaller brother also. Just to be fair you better get a fire cracker mortar also. They are great fun. Thanks for sharing, I'm sorry you can't post pictures, really it is as easy as bluing a barrel. :-D No really if you need help, shoot me a P.M. Fantastic workmanship Dom, it really is nice. Tracy

no Tracy bluing is child's play,speaking of childs play, maybe i can flag down a school bus. that's what i need, a 3rd grade kid to show me what i'm doing wrong posting pics. i'll PM you,but Tim the cat whisperer showed me at his house what to do and it still ain't working. been told by others my kodak software is the problem, i don't know, maybe one day i can post some pics of the mortars and cannons i'm surrounded by.

intoodeep · « **Reply #17 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:14:00 AM »

Quote from: Dictator on August 05, 2007, 05:42:29 AM

Lance,
If you get a chance, see what the number on that one @ Petersburg is. This one on the west side of the Iowa state capital is numbered 553

Lance/Dictator,

According to Wayne Stark's registry the M1861 13" Seacoast Mortar in Petersburg is pitted and the 3 digit numbers are unreadable. Hope that helps.

P.S.- Send me the photo your trying to post and I'll put it up.

lance · « **Reply #18 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:18:31 AM »

Intoodeep, your right about the pitting, i tried to post a pic of it, you know how well that's going........there's a link at bottom of reply #15, can you open it??? plus a different pic showing the pitting

intoodeep · « **Reply #19 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:31:53 AM »

Lance,

No, I can not open that file. It states "0KB" so, I don't think it's a valid file.

I now see the photo below & above.....

lance · « **Reply #20 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:33:36 AM »

different link: kodak easy share, me and the Dictator

lance · « **Reply #21 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:38:35 AM »

Intoodeep, i'll e-mail both pics to you ,they'll look better, i can e-mail pics ,just can't post them here .

lance · « **Reply #22 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:47:09 AM »

WHAT GET'S ME!!! log out and look at this page as a guest, you won't see any pics or links at all,WHY.

jeeper1 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 05, 2007, 12:42:25 PM »

Quote from: lance on August 05, 2007, 11:47:09 AM

WHAT GET'S ME!!! log out and look at this page as a guest, you won't see any pics or links at all,WHY.

The problem is where the pictures are stored. The ones stored elsewhere can be seen by everyone, logged on or not. The ones stored on "gboreloaded.com" can only be seen if you are logged on.

GGaskill · « **Reply #24 on:** August 05, 2007, 01:32:38 PM »

No, I can not open that file. It states "0KB" so, I don't think it's a valid file.

Yes, I think it did not load correctly. Try deleting and reloading it.

m223 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 05, 2007, 02:34:27 PM »

Lance, sorry the first P.M. didn't have anything on it. I was wondering where that thing went. Anyway I Truly hope the second P.M. reached you as I gave detailed instructions and tips For pic posting. That is a sweet dictator your standing next to. Perhaps you are having software problems, I hope not. Tracy

Cannonball · « **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2007, 03:35:01 PM »

My kodak camera came with kodak software and it is crap in my opinion. I too had all kinds of problems but in the end I removed the kodak software and simply use the camera wizard that XP has built in. Kodak's software was capable of doing pretty cool things to your picks but there's other software out there that does all that and then some without the glitches. I simply use the Paint program that also came with windows to edit pics. Simple but works.

lance · « **Reply #27 on:** August 05, 2007, 03:37:59 PM »

HA,HA,HA, i can't post pics, Tracy can't PM too well either. i did get the third one Tracy, thanks for the info............. o.k. everyone, there has got to be a better way. now i'm not trying to embarrass anyone. when i was at Tim the catwhisperer's house, well it was a pure nightmare to see what he has to go through to post a picture. he admited that it took several hours to post a few pics. well i ain't going through that, just to post a pic or two. i understand that if you guys or me are not logged in, well you can't see my kodak easyshare pics. what makes me sad is that i'm surrounded by cannons and mortars, also once in a while i also build something, and i can't share the pics.........with that said, here's a pic from yesterdays camp picnic, you guy's tell me what you see,it ain't no mortar.

Cannonball · « **Reply #28 on:** August 05, 2007, 03:44:29 PM »

One bunch of happy picnickers!

lance · « **Reply #29 on:** August 05, 2007, 03:47:45 PM »

Quote from: Cannonball on August 05, 2007, 03:44:29 PM

One bunch of happy picnickers!

thanks Cannonball, also appreciate your info.