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[Cannoneer]

DD,
I hope he does try it, because it would be interesting to find out how far the ball would travel before it hit the dirt.  

[Double D]

DD,
I hope he does try it, because it would be interesting to find out how far the ball would travel before it hit the dirt.  

Well part of this will be determined by how far off the ground the barrel is.  The real problem will be keeping the ball in the barrel.  It will reguire a slight positive elevation.  The powder will also have to be loaded in a cartridge for this shot.

[xo18thfa]

I know it's probably not authentic, but I would go with cherry.  Cherry darkens quickly, so you get a natural aged look in a short period of time.  Quarter sawn white oak is second choice.

     xo18thfa,  We like cherry too and walnut and mahogany, they are so easy to work and look very nice too, but our favorite is still white oak.  Below are a few snap shots from the pile of wood that will go into one of the three Brooke rifles we are currently making for customers around the country.  One customer wanted fancy wood, so we indicated that was possible as long as it was white oak. He's getting the nicest quarter sawn white oak that we have worked in a long, long time.

Regards,

Mike and Tracy

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Yes, that is the stuff.  A face grain like that is worth a million bucks.  There is a lot of planning and deciding needed to make sure the best pattern goes in the most visible place.

[Zulu]

DD,
I hope he does try it, because it would be interesting to find out how far the ball would travel before it hit the dirt.  

Well part of this will be determined by how far off the ground the barrel is.  The real problem will be keeping the ball in the barrel.  It will reguire a slight positive elevation.  The powder will also have to be loaded in a cartridge for this shot.

Won't you also have to plan for a different type of recoil?  Instead of recoiling down (which the sled is made for) it will recoil back.  Is the sled heavy enough to absorb the recoil?
Zulu

[Double D]

Good point Zulu!

[1Southpaw]

Is the sled heavy enough to absorb the recoil?
Zulu

I think a 150 lb tractror wheel weight will do the trick ..... 

Mean while, back in the shop the mad scientist  is woking on a small portable  one size fits all test bed.
His only problem is the " 600 lb Gorilla " needed to move it 

[1Southpaw]

sort of . After carefull anaylis of BB weight and recoil I decided on a base mount a 200 lb Gorilla could move  .
BB Gopher thinks it may work all to well .   

BB Mortar is feeling the pinch .

[Cannoneer]

1Southpaw; here is one of my subtle clues pointing out something that isn't quite right about the direction this thread has taken.