Author Topic: Celebrating July 4th, 2010 (Read 1279 times)

thelionspaw · « **on:** July 04, 2010, 07:10:59 AM »

Any morning that I get out of bed and both feet hit the floor without my nose following them, is the beginning of a great day.

Noon Gun!!!

Now I BBQ with my other smoker.

Richard The Hungry

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2010, 07:32:10 AM »

Our celebration will be tonight - off our neighbor's poarch/front yard.
Small family fireworks display.

thelionspaw · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2010, 07:57:12 AM »

The man lives for fire & smoke...... but fire crackers??? They just don't cut it. I'm disappointed in you

What's for dinner? At least that might save your day $:-\$ I'm doing pulled pork, ribs, chili and a REAL cannon.

dan610324 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2010, 08:07:34 AM »

holy smoke
I can feel the smell from sulphur and polish sauceages all the way to sweden

wish I could be there to taste them

Zulu · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2010, 08:57:13 AM »

Now I BBQ with my other smoker.

Richard The Hungry
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I'm doing the same thing. Brisket, a chicken and sausage links.

Happy 4th!
Zulu

Sorry,
Forgot to make the post cannon related.

thelionspaw · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2010, 12:17:35 PM »

Zulu,
A nice inviting spot among the greenery. Board fence; suburbia? Hence, wooden cannon(s)?

What are you using for smoke? I use a cherry & apple mix from my fruit tree prunings that I run through a chipper and sugar maple too. Depends upon what I'm smoking.

As for my cannon, I'm feeding it Skirmish and the report doesn't seem to be as loud as with Goex.

I just did the 4 O'c gun and my wife came out and asked, "Why a thud and not a crack?".

The noon gun was the same. It was loud enough to stop my neighbor on his tractor as he was baling hay a mile away as the report rolled out the valley but it just doesn't seem as loud as usual. Probably the atmosphere.

I use 9 ply of heavy duty foil but I may lengthen the cartridge to add more foil for a thicher/heavier top crimp to contain the expanding gas a little more. Scientific experiment # 573

Richard a.k.a. Freddy J. McReddy

Zulu · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2010, 12:39:23 PM »

Quote from: thelionspaw on July 04, 2010, 12:17:35 PM

Zulu,
A nice inviting spot among the greenery. Board fence; suburbia? Hence, wooden cannon(s)?

What are you using for smoke? I use a cherry & apple mix from my fruit tree prunings that I run through a chipper and sugar maple too. Depends upon what I'm smoking.

As for my cannon, I'm feeding it Skirmish and the report doesn't seem to be as loud as with Goex.

I just did the 4 O'c gun and my wife came out and asked, "Why a thud and not a crack?".

The noon gun was the same. It was loud enough to stop my neighbor on his tractor as he was baling hay a mile away as the report rolled out the valley but it just doesn't seem as loud as usual. Probably the atmosphere.

I use 9 ply of heavy duty foil but I may lengthen the cartridge to add more foil for a thicher/heavier top crimp to contain the expanding gas a little more. Scientific experiment # 573

Richard a.k.a. Freddy J. McReddy

Certainly suburbia.

I'm using oak. I wrap my brisket in two wraps of foil after 4 hours

Zulu

It is still my small piece of paradise.

Terry C. · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2010, 04:04:14 PM »

Nice digs!

We just got in from spending a couple of days with my wife's family in FL, so no cannon shooting today.

(We did shoot some firearms while down there. Now my wife wants a S&W Airweight snubbie in .22 LR like her sister has, and her sister wants an evil black rifle like mine!)

Tomorrow the air will be foul with the stench of brimstone!

armorer77 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2010, 05:22:44 PM »

3 rds. from a beer can mortar and grilled beef and fish with all the sides . Happy Independance Day . Armorer77

RocklockI · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2010, 08:54:19 PM »

I'd like to tell Dom that his French 75 ...... ruled the neigborhood tonight.

I have taken a liking to a southern varriation on the hotdog bun wad . I find that tortillas work very nice ! NO not corn ones ....flour ones ,cut a little rectangle roll it up to bore dia. and seat firmly .

This place is still going strong ..... Dom your welds are the best ! Tracy said so too !

BTW I scratched the paint up ,and went to retouch and ended up cammoing the tube . The spokes are brown . Some muzzle stripes are on it too .

Here is my "Cracker Battery"

With the rain tonight ..... and lots of it ,the little guns just get wet and the powder is spoiled too quick .

Gary .....

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2010, 04:33:03 AM »

Lots of fireworks, one pic. Delay on camera (between pressing shutter and camera taking picture) is most frustrating.

Good time with neighbors - cook out etc.

Cannoneer · « **Reply #11 on:** July 05, 2010, 07:51:09 AM »

The Zen of BBQ, huh! Well, I always did figure you to be some form of incarnation of a bodhisattva, but I never figured on a Barbecue Buddha.

Jax · « **Reply #12 on:** July 05, 2010, 09:58:16 AM »

I had to show off my little cannon for my neighbors last night. As everyone around use popped little fireworks, no doubt I scared a few with this

The ones watching were impressed! Was also the first time I heard my barrel ring like it did. Kinda cool/weird at the same time. (sorry for the long fuse....)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEtRgbkdomw

Double D · « **Reply #13 on:** July 05, 2010, 10:01:26 AM »

Quote from: Zulu on July 04, 2010, 12:39:23 PM

That cabana is bigger than my whole house!!!!

Evil Dog · « **Reply #14 on:** July 05, 2010, 10:18:20 AM »

I'm of the age where I would need some sort of railing on the stairs... don't bounce as well as I used to.

jeeper1 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 05, 2010, 02:12:42 PM »

Evil dog, you may need rails to get up there but I could not climb up there to save my life, literally.

brokenpole · « **Reply #16 on:** July 06, 2010, 02:22:58 AM »

Quote from: jeeper1 on July 05, 2010, 02:12:42 PM

Evil dog, you may need rails to get up there but I could not climb up there to save my life, literally.

I would need an escalator or elevator!!!!

Cannoneer · « **Reply #17 on:** July 06, 2010, 06:58:05 PM »

Zulu,

Has anyone ever partaken of one cerveza fria too many, and had trouble on the way down?

Zulu · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2010, 03:42:26 AM »

Boom J,
When I've had one cerveza too many I don't go up

Zulu

Cannoneer · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:16:14 AM »

Hey, that sounds right, but on one of those 'rare' occasions when my "last one" transports me to a world of absolute certainties like: "hey, these stairs look like a piece of cake", it's possible that I could run into some difficulties.

RocklockI · « **Reply #20 on:** July 07, 2010, 08:56:16 AM »

I almost forgot Sir Willam 'The Old , was 16 on the 4th ! Happy Birthday WILLIE !

Willie loves cannons .

Double D · « **Reply #21 on:** July 07, 2010, 09:22:10 AM »

Willie, has that "who you calling old" look on his face.